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# E.P. Thompson

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Edward Palmer Thompson was an English historian, writer, socialist and peace campaigner. He is best known for his historical work on the radical movements in the late 18th and early 19th centuries, in particular The Making of the English Working Class (1963).

##  Quotes by E.P. Thompson

> [“The working class did not rise like the sun at an appointed time. It was present at its own making.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/e-p-thompson-2/the-working-class-did-not-rise-like-the-sun-at-an-appointed-time-it/)

[E.P. Thompson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/e-p-thompson-2/)

[Appointed](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/appointed/)

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> [“In the "free world" (Natopolis) the centres of ideological orthodoxy are rarely defined. The diversity of intellectual trends within the orthodoxy, the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/e-p-thompson-2/in-the-free-world-natopolis-the-centres-of-ideological-orthodoxy-are/)

[E.P. Thompson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/e-p-thompson-2/)

[Free world](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/free-world/)

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