Eric Hobsbawm Writer

Eric John Ernest Hobsbawm, CH, FBA, FRSL (/ˈhɒbz.bɔːm/; 9 June 1917 – 1 October 2012) was a British Marxist historian of the rise of industrial capitalism, socialism, and nationalism. 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 which introduced the influential idea of "invented traditions".Hobsbawm was born in Egypt but spent his childhood mostly in Vienna and Berlin. Following the death of his parents and the rise to power of Adolf Hitler, Hobsbawm moved to London with his adoptive family, then obtained his PhD in history at the University of Cambridge before serving in the Second World War. In 1998 he was appointed to the Order of the Companions of Honour, a UK national honour bestowed for outstanding achievement in the arts, literature, music, science, politics, industry or religion. He was President of Birkbeck, University of London from 2002 until his death. In 2003 he received the Balzan Prize for European History since 1900 "for his brilliant analysis of the troubled history of twentieth-century Europe and for his ability to combine in-depth historical research with great literary talent."

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Alias (AKA)	Newton Francis (pen name as jazz critic)
Birth date	June 09, 1917
Birth name	Eric John Ernest Hobsbawm
Birth place	Alexandria , Sultanate of Egypt
Date of death	October 01, 2012
Place of death	London , United Kingdom
Education	King's College Cambridge
Children	Andy Hobsbawm

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genre	World history Western world
influenced	Benedict Anderson Ernesto Laclau Terence Ranger Francis Mulhern Roberto Carri
influenced by	Karl Marx Antonio Gramsci Ernest Gellner E. P. Thompson Dona Torr