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Jun 9, 1917 – Oct 1, 2012(95 years)Died in:London, United Kingdom
British academic historian and Marxist historiographer
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Eric Hobsbawm (* June 9, 1917 in Alexandria; † October 1, 2012 in London) was a british academic historian and Marxist historiographer. He was 95 years old. He was married to Muriel Seaman and Marlene Hobsbawm. He had at least 1 child (1 son). His education included King's College, St Marylebone Grammar School and Prinz-Heinrichs-Gymnasium. He received 10 awards, including Balzan Prize, Bochum Historian Prize. His cause of death was pneumonia. He was buried at Highgate Cemetery.
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9 EventsBorn in Alexandria, Alexandria Governorate
1917Lionel Gelber Prize
1995Deutscher Memorial Prize
1995Wolfson History Prize
1997Ernst Bloch Award
2000Balzan Prize
2003Bochum Historian Prize
2008honorary doctor of the University of Girona
2008Died in London, United Kingdom (pneumonia)
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