Hill, John Edward Christopher (1912–2003)
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As well as his role in the founding of the journal Past and Present, Hill's major contribution to the discipline was to overturn the evolutionary orthodoxy regarding the 17th century and mark it instead as a decisive century of revolutions.
- Forenames:
- John Edward Christopher
- Surname:
- Hill
- Dates:
- 1912–2003
- Institutions:
- Communist Party Historians Group (now the Socialist History Society)
Past and Present
University of Oxford (Balliol College) - Influences:
- Galbraith, Vivian Hunter
- Contemporaries:
- Hexter, Jack H.
Hilton, Rodney Howard
Hobsbawm, Eric
Kiernan, Victor
Thompson, Edward Palmer - Themes:
- Civil War history
Economic history
History from below
Marxist history
Social history
- Biographies:
- Blackwell Dictionary of Historians
Encyclopedia of Historians and Historical Writing
Interviews with Historians
Oxford Dictionary of National Biography
Proceedings of the British Academy - Obituaries:
- Guardian
Independent
Times
Bibliography
Significant publications
- Christopher Hill, The Intellectual Origins of the English Revolution (Oxford, 1965)
- Christopher Hill, The World Turned Upside Down: Radical Ideas During the English Revolution (London, 1972)
Other reading
- Christopher Hill, R. H. Hilton and Eric Hobsbawm, 'Past and Present: origins and early years', Past and Present, 100 (1983), 3–14
David Renton, 'Studying their own nation without insularity? The British Marxist historians reconsidered', Science and Society, 69, 4 (2005), 559–79
