British Marxist historian (1910-1993) and member of the Communist Party Historians Group. Unable to attain a university post given his political history, he taught modern languages in English secondary schools while publishing. He later moved to Australia and Canada where he did achieve academic positions. A subdivision of the Communist Party of Great Britain (CPGB), from 1946-1956 the Communist Party Historians Group formed a highly influential cluster of British Marxist historians, who pioneered history from below. ...