English historian, socialist, and peace activist, E. P. Thompson is best known for his book, The Making of the English Working Class, a groundbreaking study of the working class in Great Britain in the 18th and 19th centuries. Thompson was born in Oxford to Methodist missionary parents. [Source: Encyclopedia of Activism and Social Justice; Thompson, E. P. (1924–1993)]
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