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- Birth nameJohn Enoch Powell
- Enoch Powell was a British Conservative MP for Wolverhampton. He later became a member of the Ulster Unionist party. At one time he was considered a likely Conservative Party leader and was admired by - among many others - Margaret Thatcher, but he is now remembered mainly for one thing: that he favoured the repatriation of black immigrants living in Britain. He ended his status as one of British politics' rising stars when he delivered his infamous anti-immigration speech, the "Rivers of Blood", on April 20th 1968. It saw him thrown out of Edward Heath's Shadow Cabinet and is seen as a turning point in race relations in Britain.
- IMDb mini biography by: Alexander Kinsey, Derbyshire UK
- SpouseMargaret Pamela Wilson(January 2, 1952 - February 8, 1998) (his death, 2 children)
- He was a Professor of Greek and a Fellow of Trinity College from 1934 to 1938.
- He was awarded the MBE (Member of the Order of the British Empire) in 1943 for his services to the military during World War II.
- He attended the University of Sydney in Australia from 1937 to 1939.
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