Thompson, Francis Michael Longstreth (1925–)
© Institute of Historical Research
A former Director of the Institute of Historical Research, Thompson's work on landed estates has been important in challenging the Marxist view of class.
- Forenames:
- Francis Michael Longstreth
- Surname:
- Thompson
- Dates:
- 1925–
- Institutions:
- Institute of Historical Research
- Significant posts:
- Director, Institute of Historical Research
- Influences:
- Habakkuk, John
- Contemporaries:
- Stone, Lawrence
- Themes:
- 19th Century history
Agrarian history
Economic history
Social history
- Biographies:
- Encyclopedia of Historians and Historical Writing
Interviews with Historians
Bibliography
Significant publications
- F. M. L. Thompson, English Landed Society in the Nineteenth Century (London, 1963)
- Cambridge Social History of Britain, 1750–1950, ed. F. M. L. Thompson (3 vols., Cambridge, 1990)
- Land and Society in Britain, 1700–1914: Essays in Honour of F. M. L. Thompson, ed. Roland Quinault and N.B. Harte (1996)
