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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academic
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historian ⓘ human ⓘ political theorist ⓘ |
| affiliation |
Cambridge Group for the History of Population and Social Structure
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Cambridge University ⓘ
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University of Cambridge
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| coFounded | Cambridge Group for the History of Population and Social Structure NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| countryOfCitizenship |
England
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United Kingdom ⓘ |
| educatedAt | St John’s College, Cambridge NERFINISHED ⓘ |
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Trinity College, Cambridge
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Cambridge University ⓘ
surface form:
University of Cambridge
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| fieldOfWork |
demography
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history of political thought ⓘ intellectual history ⓘ political philosophy ⓘ social history ⓘ |
| genre |
historical writing
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non-fiction ⓘ political theory ⓘ |
| influenced |
historical demography research
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scholarship on John Locke ⓘ social history of the family ⓘ studies of early modern liberalism ⓘ |
| knownFor |
editing John Locke’s "Two Treatises of Government"
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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
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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"
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use of parish records for reconstructing historical household structures ⓘ |
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"Family Life and Illicit Love in Earlier Generations"
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"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
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political theorist ⓘ university teacher ⓘ |
| positionHeld |
co-founder of the Cambridge Group for the History of Population and Social Structure
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fellow of Trinity College, Cambridge ⓘ lecturer at the University of Cambridge ⓘ reader at the University of Cambridge ⓘ |
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