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President was the position Hobsbawm held at Birkbeck, University of London. He was a British Marxist historian who specialized in the history of the working class and social history. Hobsbawm was a prolific writer and his works have been translated into more than 30 languages. He is best known for his books such as "The Age of Revolution: Europe 1789-1848" and "The Age of Empire: 1875-1914".