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Alfred Athiel Thorne, LLD, MA, aka A.A. Th … Alfred Athiel Thorne, LLD, MA, aka A.A. Thorne (August 14, 1871 – April 23, 1956), was a popular elected statesman, incisive author, pioneer for educational access, and human rights advocate in British Guiana. In 1894, Dr. Thorne founded and oversaw the world's first co-educational private secondary school of its kind, providing quality educational access to talented students regardless of their gender, ethnicity, color, or socio-economic status. Called a "Hero of the People", Thorne subsequently served as a popularly-elected official for more than 50 years, working to unify the collective voices of working-class white British colonists, Indo-Guyanese, Afro-Guyanese, Chinese, Portuguese, and Aboriginal Amerindians communities across British Guyana. He served numerous roles at both the country-wide and city levels, including as Mayor of British Guiana's capital city, Georgetown. Thorne served many decades as an educator, writer and elected official in British Guiana, creating positive and lasting impact for generations by advocating for the core principles of educational access, workplace safety, freedom, and self-determination. Thorne also founded and presided over the first human rights and labor rights institutions of its kind in the Western Hemisphere, establishing pragmatic workplace safety and pay equity standards for workers by bringing together extremely diverse groups to align in support of their shared interest. Thorne's worker alliance created unprecedented representation for the benefit of workers and students from working-class and middle-class families across extremely diverse groups including first-generation descendants of formerly enslaved Africans, formerly indentured servants from India, China and Portugal, as well as working-class white English colonists. The resulting alliance became powerful enough to establish and enforce new standards and principles for pay equity and workplace safety. Thorne's labor initiatives directly improved the lives of working-class families across Guyana, initiating new standards for improved working conditions for factory and field jobs across the British colonial empire, earning A.A. Thorne the moniker "Hero of the People". Born in Barbados, Thorne was highly educated as a British Classical Scholar, having earned both his Bachelor's degree and Master's degree from the prestigious Durham University in England. He was the first person of African descent to earn both bachelor's and advanced graduate degrees conferred by a British University. Notably, he graduated with honors.ersity. Notably, he graduated with honors.
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Alfred Athiel Thorne, LLD, MA, aka A.A. Th … Alfred Athiel Thorne, LLD, MA, aka A.A. Thorne (August 14, 1871 – April 23, 1956), was a popular elected statesman, incisive author, pioneer for educational access, and human rights advocate in British Guiana. In 1894, Dr. Thorne founded and oversaw the world's first co-educational private secondary school of its kind, providing quality educational access to talented students regardless of their gender, ethnicity, color, or socio-economic status. Called a "Hero of the People", Thorne subsequently served as a popularly-elected official for more than 50 years, working to unify the collective voices of working-class white British colonists, Indo-Guyanese, Afro-Guyanese, Chinese, Portuguese, and Aboriginal Amerindians communities across British Guyana. He served numerous roles at both the coun He served numerous roles at both the coun
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