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John Saville | |
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Born | Orestis Stamatopoulos 2 April 1916 Morton, West Lindsey, Lincolnshire, England |
Died | 13 June 2009 Sheffield, England | (aged 93)
Alma mater | |
Employer | University of Hull |
Spouse |
Constance Betty Saunders
(m. 1941; died 2007) |
Children | 4 |
John Saville (born Orestis Stamatopoulos; 2 April 1916 – 13 June 2009) was a Greek-British Marxist historian, long associated with the 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]