Back اى. ال. مورتون ARZ Արթուր Լեսլի Մորտոն Armenian ართურ ლესლი მორტონი Georgian A. L. Morton NB Мортон, Артур Лесли Russian 阿瑟·莫尔顿 Chinese
A. L. Morton | |
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| Born | Arthur Leslie Morton 4 July 1903 |
| Died | 23 October 1987 (aged 84) The Old Chapel, Clare, Suffolk |
| Education | Peterhouse, Cambridge University |
| Occupation(s) | Journalist for the Daily Worker. Bookseller. Teacher at Summerhill School |
| Known for | Communist activism, founding member of the William Morris Society |
| Notable work | A People's History of England (1938) |
| Political party | Communist Party of Great Britain (CPGB) |
| Spouse | Vivien |
Arthur Leslie Morton (4 July 1903 – 23 October 1987) was an English Marxist historian. He worked as an independent scholar; from 1946 onwards he was the Chair of the Historians Group of the Communist Party of Great Britain (CPGB). He is best known for A People's History of England, but he also did valuable work on William Blake and the Ranters, and for the study The English Utopia.