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http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-19786929
Eric Hobsbawm, one of Britain's most eminent historians, has died at the age of 95, his family have confirmed.
He died in the early hours of Monday morning at the Royal Free Hospital in London where he had been suffering from pneumonia, his daughter Julia said.
His reputation rests largely on four works, including History of the 20th Century, The Age of Extremes, which has been translated into 40 languages.
He became a lecturer at Birkbeck College London in 1947.
*** my fellow SMWers -- we live in a poorer world today.
Eric Hobsbawm, one of Britain's most eminent historians, has died at the age of 95, his family have confirmed.
He died in the early hours of Monday morning at the Royal Free Hospital in London where he had been suffering from pneumonia, his daughter Julia said.
His reputation rests largely on four works, including History of the 20th Century, The Age of Extremes, which has been translated into 40 languages.
He became a lecturer at Birkbeck College London in 1947.
*** my fellow SMWers -- we live in a poorer world today.
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