James Ramsay MacDonald, 1866-1937

Abstract

The course of a man’s career may be determined as much by accident as by aptitude. This was true of Mr Ramsay MacDonald who, as a youth, hoped to become a teacher of science and a geologist, but by fortuitous circumstances was diverted from the study of science to that of social conditions, to the problem s of which the main part of his life was devoted, and in which he became a trusted and an honoured leader.