John Saville

John Saville
Born
Orestis Stamatopoulos

(1916-04-02)2 April 1916
Died13 June 2009(2009-06-13) (aged 93)
Sheffield, England
Alma mater
EmployerUniversity of Hull
Spouse
Constance Betty Saunders
(m. 1941; died 2007)
Children4

John Saville (born Orestis Stamatopoulos; 2 April 1916 – 13 June 2009) was a Greek-British Marxist historian, long associated with University of Hull. He was an influential writer on British labour history in the second half of the twentieth century, and also known for his multi-volume work, the Dictionary of Labour Biography, edited in collaboration with others.[1]

  1. ^ Hobsbawm, Eric (16 June 2009). "John Saville". The Guardian. London. ISSN 1756-3224. Retrieved 29 May 2019.