Peter Laslett

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Peter Laslett was a British historian and political theorist best known for his pioneering work on early modern political thought and for editing John Locke’s Two Treatises of Government.

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instanceOf academic
historian
human
political theorist
affiliation Cambridge Group for the History of Population and Social Structure NERFINISHED
Cambridge University
surface form: University of Cambridge
coFounded Cambridge Group for the History of Population and Social Structure NERFINISHED
countryOfCitizenship England
United Kingdom
educatedAt St John’s College, Cambridge NERFINISHED
employer Trinity College, Cambridge NERFINISHED
Cambridge University
surface form: University of Cambridge
fieldOfWork demography
history of political thought
intellectual history
political philosophy
social history
genre historical writing
non-fiction
political theory
influenced historical demography research
scholarship on John Locke
social history of the family
studies of early modern liberalism
knownFor editing John Locke’s "Two Treatises of Government"
pioneering work on early modern political thought
studies of pre-industrial English society
work on historical demography of households and families
languageOfWorkOrName English
mainInterest John Locke NERFINISHED
early modern political theory
history of the family
memberOf Trinity College, Cambridge NERFINISHED
notableIdea reinterpretation of the dating and purpose of Locke’s "Two Treatises of Government"
use of parish records for reconstructing historical household structures
notableWork "Family Life and Illicit Love in Earlier Generations" NERFINISHED
"Household and Family in Past Time" NERFINISHED
"Locke, Two Treatises of Government" (Cambridge edition) NERFINISHED
"The World We Have Lost" NERFINISHED
edition of John Locke’s "Two Treatises of Government"
occupation historian
political theorist
university teacher
positionHeld co-founder of the Cambridge Group for the History of Population and Social Structure
fellow of Trinity College, Cambridge
lecturer at the University of Cambridge
reader at the University of Cambridge

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Quentin Skinner influencedBy Peter Laslett