Books by John Hume

JOHN HUME was born in the Glen area of Derry in 1937 and still resides in the city today. He was educated at St Eugene’s Boys Primary School, Rosemount, and at St Columb’s College. After leaving school, John then studied history and French at St Patrick’s College, Maynooth (NUI), from which he graduated as a BA and as an MA.

At the time this Master’s thesis was writtn in 1964, Joh Hume was spearheading the ‘University for Derry’ Campaign. he has also been instrumental in establishing the Derry Housing Association and the Credit Union Movement in Derry. John was president of the Credit Union League of ireland between 1964 and 1969.

By the late 1960’s John Hume was a civil rights leader and in 1970 was a founder and deputy leader of the newly established Social Democratic and Labour party. He was leader of the SDLP between 1979 and 2001. John is Married to Pat and has three daughters and two sons. He was awarded the Nobel Prize for Peace in 1998 and in recent years has received the Martin Luther King Prize and the Mahatma Gandhi Peace Prize. He has also received many Honrary Doctorates in recognition of his work for peace in Northern Ireland from Universities throughout the world.