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Victor Kiernan | |
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Born | Edward Victor Gordon Kiernan 4 September 1913 |
Died | 17 February 2009 | (aged 95)
Education | Manchester Grammar School |
Alma mater | Trinity College, Cambridge |
Known for | Communist activism, poetry |
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Relatives | 2 siblings, Dina Pathak (sister-in-law) |
Edward Victor Gordon Kiernan (4 September 1913 – 17 February 2009) was a British historian and a member of the Communist Party Historians Group. Kiernan's work was prominent in the field of Marxist historiography in Britain, analyzing historical events from a Marxist point of view. Belonging to a group of prominent British Marxist historians active in the 20th century, Kiernan was a member of the Communist Party of Great Britain from 1934 until 1959, when he left in protest over the party's response to the Hungarian Revolution of 1956. He was also involved in promoting Urdu poetry among Western audiences.[1]