“The idea of a 'career open to the talents' was a revolutionary slogan.”

— John Edward Christopher Hill

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About John Edward Christopher Hill

Historian • English

John Edward Christopher Hill was a prominent English Marxist historian and academic, specializing in 17th-century English history. Hill was a long-time member of the Communist Party of Great Britain, and his work was...

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