E. P. Thompson
Edward Palmer Thompson was an English historian, writer, socialist and peace campaigner. He is best known for his historical work on the radical movements in the late 18th and early 19th centuries, in particular The Making of the English Working Class (1963).
Career Journey
Background
- Born in
- Oxford
- Educated at
- Corpus Christi CollegeDragon SchoolKingswood School
- Awards
- 🏆 honorary doctorate
- Doctoral Students
- 📖 Eric J. Evans
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"...class happens when some men, as a result of common experiences , feel and articulate the identity of their interests as between themselves, and as against other men whose interests are different fr…"
"We are going to stop those piffling cruise missiles, you know, on land if not on sea. What we have to do is seize this moment of mass consciousness to move directly into the structures of the Cold War…"
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Timeline
1924
Born
Birth1993
Died
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