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Eric Hobsbawm

1917 - 2012

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Eric John Ernest Hobsbawm (; 9 June 1917 – 1 October 2012) was a British historian of the rise of industrial capitalism, socialism and nationalism. His best-known works include his tetralogy 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) and the "short 20th century" (The Age of Extremes), and an edited volume that introduced the influential idea of "invented traditions". He was a life-long Marxist, and his socio-political convictions influenced the character of his work. Hobsbawm was born in Alexandria, Egypt, and spent his childhood mainly in Vienna and Berlin. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Eric Hobsbawm is the 33rd most popular historian (up from 36th in 2019), the 91st most popular biography from Egypt (down from 86th in 2019) and the 2nd most popular Egyptian Historian.

Eric Hobsbawm was a British Marxist historian who was most famous for his analysis of the Industrial Revolution and the rise of capitalism.

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Among historians, Eric Hobsbawm ranks 33 out of 561. Before him are Bede, Johan Huizinga, Ibn Kathir, Edward Gibbon, Jacob Burckhardt, and Saxo Grammaticus. After him are Marc Bloch, Ibn Ishaq, Friedrich Carl von Savigny, Hippolyte Taine, Quintus Curtius Rufus, and Leonardo Bruni.

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Among people born in 1917, Eric Hobsbawm ranks 17. Before him are James Rainwater, Christian de Duve, Ella Fitzgerald, Marsha Hunt, John Kendrew, and Dean Martin. After him are Herbert A. Hauptman, I. M. Pei, Robert Mitchum, Ernest Borgnine, Joan Clarke, and John Cornforth. Among people deceased in 2012, Eric Hobsbawm ranks 16. Before him are Rita Levi-Montalcini, Joseph Murray, Yitzhak Shamir, Ahmed Ben Bella, Theo Angelopoulos, and George Tupou V. After him are Michael Clarke Duncan, Elinor Ostrom, Jon Lord, Ernest Borgnine, Roger Garaudy, and Matilde Camus.

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In Egypt

Among people born in Egypt, Eric Hobsbawm ranks 91 out of 642. Before him are Shepseskare (-2450), Cleopatra V of Egypt (-100), Hassan al-Banna (1906), Djedefre (-2600), Sosigenes of Alexandria (-80), and Al-Kamil (1177). After him are Athenaeus (200), Psamtik I (-700), Muhammad Abduh (1849), Lactantius (250), Arsinoe IV of Egypt (-68), and Moses the Black (332).

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Among HISTORIANS In Egypt

Among historians born in Egypt, Eric Hobsbawm ranks 2. Before him are Manetho (-201). After him are Ibn Hajar al-‘Asqalani (1372), Theophylact Simocatta (580), Al-Maqrizi (1364), H. A. R. Gibb (1895), Yahya of Antioch (980), Al-Nuwayri (1279), and Abd al-Rahman al-Jabarti (1754).

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