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A. L. Morton

British historian (1903-1987) · United Kingdom · On the map · Journalists · Died at 84

Arthur Leslie Morton was an English Marxist historian. He worked as an independent scholar; from 1946 onwards he was the Chair of the Historians Group of the Communist Party of Great Britain (CPGB).

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He is best known for A People's History of England (1938), but he also did valuable work on William Blake and the Ranters, and for the study, The English Utopia (1952).

Country
United Kingdom
Category
Journalists
Type
Journalist
Status
Deceased
Dates
Lived 1903 to 1987 · aged 84