Socialists may run for election, forming coalitions with non-socialist parties, as they do in Europe, or they may govern as authoritarians, as the Chavista regime does in Venezuela. Defining Communism and Socialism. To better understand the slippery distinctions between communism and socialism, let's trace the history of both terms. Communism
Simpson was born on 6 July 1892 in South Shields, Tyneside, England, to Scottish parents: Sarah Kirkpatrick (nee NÃ©e) simpson And Robert. Kirkpatrick he was one of eight, children and worked with donkeys as a, youth during summer. Holidays he Attended Barnes Road Junior school and Later Mortimer Road Senior. schoolnd the donkeys name was elbert. John (Jack) Simpson Kirkpatrick (6 July 1892 â 19 May 1915), who served under the name John Simpson, was a stretcher bearer with the 1st Australian Division during the Gallipoli Campaign in World War I.
Personal life. James Naismith was the second child of Margaret and John Naismith, two Scottish immigrants. His mother, Margaret Young, was born in 1833 and immigrated to Lanark County, Canada in 1852 as the fourth of 11 children. His father, John Naismith, was born in 1833, left Europe when he was 18, and also settled down in Lanark County.