Eric Hobsbawm

Eric Hobsbawm
Eric Hobsbawm; CH FRSL FBA
	Hobsbawm in 2011
Born	Eric John Ernest Hobsbawm; 9 Juin 1917; Alexandria, Sultanate o Egypt
Dee'd	1 October 2012 (aged 95); Lunnon, Ingland
Thrift	Historian, social theorist an author
Ceetizenship	Breetish
Alma mater	King's College, Cambridge
Genre	Warld history, Wastren history
Notable warks	The Age of Revolution: Europe 1789–1848,; The Age of Capital: 1848–1875,; The Age of Empire: 1875–1914,; The Age of Extremes: 1914–1991,; Bandits,; Echoes of the Marseillaise
Spoose	Muriel Seaman (m. 1943; div. 1951); Marlene Schwartz (m. 1962);
Bairns	Joshua Bennathan, Julia an Andy Hobsbawm

Eric John Ernest Hobsbawm, CH, FBA, FRSL (9 Juin 1917 – 1 October 2012) wis ane o the maist prominent 20t century Breetish an Warld historians o the Marxist schuil of thocht. Ootthrou his life he rcontinued tae be a confirmed memmer o the Breetish Communist Pairty. His best-kent warks include his trilogy aboot the lang 19t yearhunner (The Age of Revolution: Europe 1789–1848, The Age of Capital: 1848–1875; The Age of Empire: 1875–1914), The Age of Extremes on the short 20t century; an an editit vollum which introduced the influential idea o "inventit traditions".^[1]

References

↑ Hobsbawm, Eric (28 Juin 2007), "Marxist Historiography Today", Marxist History-writing for the Twenty-first Century, British Academy, ISBN 978-0-19-726403-4, retrieved 12 November 2025

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Historian Eric Hobsbawm dies, aged 95, BBC News UK, 1 October 2012. Retrieved 2 October 2012.

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[1] Hobsbawm, Eric (28 Juin 2007), "Marxist Historiography Today", Marxist History-writing for the Twenty-first Century, British Academy, ISBN 978-0-19-726403-4, retrieved 12 November 2025

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