Eric Hobsbawm

Eric Hobsbawm (1917–2012) was a British writer, university teacher and music journalist.

Also recorded as Eric John Ernest Hobsbawm; E.J. Hobsbawm.

Overview

Born at Alexandria in 1917, died at London in 2012.

In detail

Eric Hobsbawm studied at King's College, St Marylebone Grammar School and Prinz-Heinrichs-Gymnasium. training under Balduin Fischer, Otto Rubensohn and Arnold Bork is recorded. the recorded working language is English, German and French.

The field of work recorded is international relations.

Residence is recorded at Vienna and Villa Seutter. Employment is recorded with Birkbeck, University of London. Membership is recorded of American Academy of Arts and Sciences, British Academy and Hungarian Academy of Sciences.

Works named in the authority record are The Age of Revolution: Europe 1789–1848, Bandits, The Age of Capital: 1848–1875, The Age of Extremes: A History of the World, 1914–1991 and Primitive Rebels: Studies in Archaic Forms of Social Movement in the 19th and 20th centuries.

Distinctions recorded are Balzan Prize, Bochum Historian Prize, Ernst Bloch Award and Wolfson History Prize.

Sources

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    Wikidata, structured authority record Q34933: Eric Hobsbawm

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