Christopher Hill
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British historian (1912–2003)
OverviewAI-generated
Christopher Hill was a male person from Austria, born in 1912 and died in 2003. He is recognized in the American Academy Arts Sciences collection and is referenced by 344 other encyclopedia articles.
His notable works include *Puritans and revolutionaries*, *The making of modern English society*, *Puritanism and revolution; studies in interpretation of the English Revolution of the 17th century*, *Society and Puritanism in pre-Revolutionary England*, and *Reformation to industrial revolution, 1530-1780*. He has a work count of 124 in the Open Library and five works in Crossref.
In music databases, he has 96 listeners and a playcount of 1309 on Last.fm. A quote attributed to him states, "Only very slowly and late have men come to realize that unless freedom is universal it is only extended privilege."
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Key facts
- Born
- John Edward Christopher Hill , ( 1912-02-06 ) 6 February 1912, York , Yorkshire , England
- Died
- 23 February 2003 (2003-02-23) (aged 91), Chipping Norton , Oxfordshire , England
- Spouse s
- Inez Waugh ( née Bartlett) , Bridget Irene Mason ( née Sutton)
- Children
- Four
- Education
- Balliol College, Oxford
- Discipline
- Historian
- Sub discipline
- 17th-century English history
- Institutions
- All Souls College, Oxford , University College of South Wales and Monmouthshire , Balliol College, Oxford , Open University
- Notable students
- Brian Manning , Partha Sarathi Gupta
- Influenced
- Ervand Abrahamian
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- human
- Given name
- Christopher
- Family name
- Hill
- Gender
- male
- Citizenship
- United Kingdom
- Place of birth
- York
- Place of death
- Oxfordshire
- Occupation
- historian
- Position held
- professor
- Educated at
- St Peter's School
- Employer
- The Open University
- Languages spoken
- English language
- Award
- honorary doctorate
- Field of work
- history
- Conflict
- World War II
- Military branch
- British Army
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- member of
- Hungarian Academy of Sciences
- date of birth
- 1912-02-06
- date of death
- 2003-02-23
- name in native language
- Christopher Hill
- cause of death
- disease
- on focus list of Wikimedia project
- Wikipedia:Vital articles/Level/4
- writing language
- English language
- manner of death
- natural causes
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Encyclopedic overview
John Edward Christopher Hill (6 February 1912 – 23 February 2003) was an English Marxist historian and academic, specialising in 17th-century English history. From 1965 to 1978 he was Master of Balliol College, Oxford.
Early life and education
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