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- Birth nameHerbert Richard Hoggart
- Richard Hoggart was born on September 24, 1918 in Hunslet, Leeds, West Yorkshire, England, UK. He was a writer, known for Your Sunday Paper (1967), England, Our England (1964) and Viewpoint (1959). He was married to Mary France. He died on April 10, 2014 in London, England, UK.
- SpouseMary France(1942 - April 10, 2014) (his death, 3 children)
- Academic and father of political journalist Simon Hoggart and television critic Paul Hoggart.
- During WWII, he was commissioned in the Royal Artillery, serving in North Africa and Italy. After the war, he became a staff tutor in adult education at Hull University.
- Both his parents died when he was young, and he was raised by two aunts and his grandmother.
- After he did poorly on a standard exam that determined whether British 11-year-olds pursued academic or trade school programs, his headmaster persuaded academic authorities to admit him anyway. He earned a scholarship to the University of Leeds, where he received bachelor's and master's degrees in English with honors.
- He was a senior lecturer in English literature, and the author of an influential analysis of changes in working-class culture in England.
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