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E. P. Thompson
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Edward Palmer Thompson was a British writer, historian, novelist, and journalist born in Oxford in 1924. He served in the British Army during World War II. His professional career included positions at the University of Leeds, the University of Pittsburgh, and the University of Warwick. He was educated at the Dragon School and Corpus Christi College.
Thompson’s work focused on history and was associated with the New Left and socialist political ideology. He was a member of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences. His notable publications include *Albion's Fatal Tree*, *Società patrizia, cultura plebea*, *Warwick University Ltd*, *Tempo, capitalismo e classe*, and *Plebeische Kultur und moralische Ökonomie*. He died in Worcester in 1993.
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Person · Open Library
- Born
- 1924
- Died
- 1993
- Works
- 58
Top works
- Plebeische Kultur und moralische Ökonomie
- Tempo, capitalismo e classe
- Albion's Fatal Tree
- Società patrizia, cultura plebea
- Warwick University Ltd
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Key facts
- Born
- Edward Palmer Thompson , ( 1924-02-03 ) 3 February 1924, Oxford , England
- Died
- 28 August 1993 (aged 69), Upper Wick , Worcestershire, England
- Known for
- The Making of the English Working Class
- Spouse
- Dorothy Towers ( married</span>"}]]}'>m. 1948 )
- Father
- Edward John Thompson
- Education
- Corpus Christi College, Cambridge
- Influences
- Karl Marx , William Morris , William Blake
- Discipline
- History
- Institutions
- University of Warwick (until 1971), University of Leeds
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- human
- Family name
- Thompson
- Gender
- male
- Citizenship
- United Kingdom
- Place of birth
- Oxford
- Place of death
- Worcester
- Child
- Kate Thompson
- Father
- Edward John Thompson
- Occupation
- peace activist
- Employer
- University of Pittsburgh
- Languages spoken
- English language
- Award
- honorary doctorate
- Notable work
- The Making of the English Working Class
- Field of work
- history
- Movement
- New Left
- Conflict
- World War II
- Military branch
- British Army
- Image
- E P Thompson at 1980 protest rally (cropped).JPG
- Political ideology
- socialism
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- date of birth
- 1924-02-03
- date of death
- 1993-08-28
- name in native language
- Edward Palmer Thompson
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Encyclopedic overview
Edward Palmer Thompson (3 February 1924 – 28 August 1993) 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).
In 1966, Thompson coined the term "history from below" to describe his approach to social history, which became one of the most consequential developments within the global history discipline. History from below arose from the Communist Party Historians Group and its work to popularise historical materialism. Thompson's work is considered by some to have been among the most important contributions to social history in the latter twentieth-century, with a global impact, including on scholarship in Asia and Africa. In a 2011 poll by History Today magazine, he was named the second most important historian of the previous 60 years, behind only Fernand Braudel.
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