Quo Fuit places 5 dated presences for E. P. Thompson across 5 places, from 1886 to 1993.
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Edward Palmer Thompson (3 February 1924 – 28 August 1993) was an English historian, writer, socialist and peace campaigner.Wikipedia, full article · CC BY-SA
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1886 to 1946period
Oxfordattested“Thompson was born in Oxford to Methodist missionary parents: His father, Edward John Thompson (1886–1946), was a poet and admirer of the Nobel Prize–winning poet Rabindranath Tagore.”source: Wikipedia: E. P. Thompson
1941 to 1942period
Corpus Christi College, Cambridgeattested“Thompson entered Corpus Christi College, Cambridge, in 1941, but left in 1942 to join the army.”source: Wikipedia: E. P. Thompson
1963year
University of Leedsattested“Thompson's most influential work was and remains The Making of the English Working Class, published in 1963 while he was working at the University of Leeds.”source: Wikipedia: E. P. Thompson
1983year
Glastonbury Festivalattested“During the 1980s Thompson was also invited by Michael Eavis, who founded a local branch of CND, to speak at the Glastonbury Festival on several occasions after it became a fundraising event for the organisation: Thompson's speech at the…”source: Wikipedia: E. P. Thompson
28 August 1993exact date
Upper Wickattested“After four years of declining health, Thompson died at his home in Upper Wick, Worcestershire, on 28 August 1993, aged 69.”source: Wikipedia: E. P. Thompson
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Corpus Christi College, Cambridge1 presence · 1941
Glastonbury Festival1 presence · 1983
Upper Wick1 presence · 1993
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1948year
Cambridgementioned“In 1948 Thompson married Dorothy Towers, whom he met at Cambridge.”source: Wikipedia: E. P. Thompson
1971year
University of Warwickmentioned“Thompson left the University of Warwick in protest at its commercialisation, as documented in the book Warwick University Limited (1971).”source: Wikipedia: E. P. Thompson
1980year
Polandmentioned“Just as important, Thompson was, with Ken Coates, Mary Kaldor, Dan Smith and others, an author of the 1980 Appeal for European Nuclear Disarmament, calling for a nuclear-free Europe from Poland to Portugal, which was the founding documen…”source: Wikipedia: E. P. Thompson
1980year
Portugalmentioned“Just as important, Thompson was, with Ken Coates, Mary Kaldor, Dan Smith and others, an author of the 1980 Appeal for European Nuclear Disarmament, calling for a nuclear-free Europe from Poland to Portugal, which was the founding documen…”source: Wikipedia: E. P. Thompson
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