Eric Hobsbawm
(1917-2012)
British academic historian and Marxist historiographer
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Eric John Ernest Hobsbawm CH FRSL FBA (9 June 1917 – 1 October 2012) was a British historian of the rise of industrial capitalism, socialism and nationalism. A life-long Marxist, his socio-political convictions influenced the character of his work. His best-known works include his trilogy about what he called the "long 19th century" (The Age of Revolution: Europe 1789–1848, The Age of Capital: 1848–1875 and The Age of Empire: 1875–1914), The Age of Extremes on the short 20th century, and an edited volume that introduced the influential idea of "invented traditions".
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9 June 1917 Alexandria, Sultanate of Egypt
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1 October 2012 (aged 95) London, England
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| Zodiac | Gemini |
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