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At a certain point one ceases to defend a certain view of history one must defend history itself.

E. P. Thompson

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E. P. Thompson
Age: 69 †
Born: 1924
Born: February 3
Died: 1993
Died: August 28
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Historian Of The Modern Age
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Labor Historian
Novelist
Peace Activist
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Edward Palmer Thompson
Edward Thompson
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