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E. P. Thompson Edward Palmer Thompson | |
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 E. P. Thompson at a rally | |
| Born | Edward Palmer Thompson February 3, 1924 Oxford, England |
| Died | August 28, 1993 (aged 69) Upperwick, Worcestershire, England |
| Nationality | English |
| Political orientation | Eurocommunism Anti-Marxism-Leninism |
| Political party | Communist Party of Great Britain (until 1956) |
E.P. Thompson (Edward Palmer Thompson, 3 February 1924 – 28 August 1993) was an English Marxist Historian and founder of the New Reasoner. He was a member of the CPGB before being expelled following his dissidence from the party line after Khrushchev's "secret speech" and the soviet intervention in Hungary. He was a euro-communist and a prominent figure in the British "new left" movement.