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Eric Hobsbawm

British academic historian and Marxist historiographer1917 to 2012

Wikidata names Arnold Bork, Balduin Fischer, and Otto Rubensohn as teachers. Linked to Wikidata, Wikipedia, and 4 other registers.

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Arnold Bork
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Balduin Fischer
a teacher or mentor, stated by Wikidata: not a thesis supervision
Otto Rubensohn

Education and career4

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King's College
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St Marylebone Grammar School
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Prinz-Heinrichs-Gymnasium
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Birkbeck, University of London
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At a glance

known as: writer, economic historian, social historian, university teacher, music journalist, political scientist, historian
fields: international relations
degrees: Doctor of Philosophy, 1951
awards: Balzan Prize, 2003, Bochum Historian Prize, 2008, Ernst Bloch Award, 2000, Wolfson History Prize, 1997, Lionel Gelber Prize, 1995, Deutscher Memorial Prize, 1995, honorary doctor of the University of Girona, 2008, honorary doctor of the University of Vienna, honorary doctor of the Charles University of Prague, Fellow of the British Academy, Fellow of the Royal Society of Literature, honorary citizen of Vienna, 2008, Fellow of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences, Leipzig Book Award for European Understanding, 1999, Companion of Honour, Medlicott Medal, 1999
member of: American Academy of Arts and Sciences, 1971, British Academy, 1976, Hungarian Academy of Sciences, Royal Society of Literature, Academy of Sciences of Turin, from 1998, Japan Academy, from 2005
notable works: 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, Primitive Rebels: Studies in Archaic Forms of Social Movement in the 19th and 20th centuries
Wikipedia: in 76 languages

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@misc{academicancestry_Q34933,
  author = {{Academic Ancestry}},
  title = {{Eric Hobsbawm: advisors and students}},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://academicancestry.org/person/Q34933},
  note = {read on 2026-10-22}
}

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Academic Ancestry. (2026, October 22). Eric Hobsbawm: Advisors and students [Read on 2026-10-22]. https://academicancestry.org/person/Q34933