Philip Hobsbaum

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Philip Hobsbaum

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#1373

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Why Is Philip Hobsbaum Influential?

According to Wikipedia, Philip Dennis Hobsbaum was a British teacher, poet and critic. Life Hobsbaum was born into a Polish Jewish family in London, and brought up in Bradford, Yorkshire, where he attended Belle Vue Boys' Grammar School. He read English at Downing College, Cambridge, where he was taught and heavily influenced by F. R. Leavis. At Cambridge he took over the editing of the magazine delta from Peter Redgrove. After Cambridge, he worked as a school teacher in London from 1955 to 1959, when he moved to Sheffield to study for a PhD under William Empson. In 1962, he took up an academic position at Queen's University, Belfast, and moved again in 1966, to take up a post in the University of Glasgow. He was awarded a personal chair in 1985, and retired from the University in 1997; he remained in Glasgow until his death in 2005.

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What Schools Are Affiliated With Philip Hobsbaum?

Philip Hobsbaum is affiliated with the following schools:

• University of Sheffield
• University of Glasgow