Harold Wilson was a British Labour politician who served twice as the Prime Minister of United Kingdom; from 1964 to 1970 and from 1974 to 1976. He grew up in a politically active lower middle class family. Entering Oxford with an exhibition and council grant, he became the youngest Oxford don of the century at the age of 21 and began his career as a lecturer at New College and later won a fellowship at the University College. During the Second World War, he was considered a specialist and was drafted in the civil service. After the war, he entered the House of Commons and was immediately given important positions, eventually occupying the post of the Prime Minister of United Kingdom, first from 1964 to 1970 and then from 1974 until his premature retirement in 1976. During this period, he undertook major reforms as well as many welfare measures that brought in relative prosperity for the common mass.
