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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). [1]
E.P. Thompson (born Feb. 3, 1924—died Aug. 28, 1993, Upper Wick, Worcester, Eng.) was a British social historian and political activist. His The Making of the English Working Class (1963) and other works heavily influenced post-World War II historiography.
Edward Palmer Thompson, known as E. P. Thompson, was an English historian, writer, socialist, and peace campaigner whose work has had a lasting impact on British heritage. He is best known for his seminal historical work, "The Making of the English Working Class," published in 1963.
The Making of the English Working Class is a work of English social history written by E. P. Thompson, a New Left historian. It was first published in 1963 by Victor Gollancz Ltd , [2] and republished in revised form in 1968 by Pelican, [3] after which it became an early Open University set book.
E. P. Thompson, (born Feb. 3, 1924—died Aug. 28, 1993, Upper Wick, Worcester, Eng.), British historian. He served in Italy in World War II and taught at the universities of Leeds (1948–65) and Warwick (1965–71).
Aug 29, 2023 · The making of EP Thompson. The historian was driven by the mystery of his brother’s death fighting with anti-fascist partisans. By Madoc Cairns. Photo by Avalon/Getty Images. When they told Frank Thompson they would shoot him he told them he was proud.
E. P. Thompson, Politics and History: Writing Social. History Fifty Years after The Making of the English. Working Class. Abstract. These four articles revisit crucial concepts in the work of E.P. Thompson and the debates that follow him.
