Raymond Williams

Raymond Williams
Williams at Saffron Walden
Born	Raymond Henry Williams (1921-08-31)31 August 1921 Llanvihangel Crucorney, Monmouthshire, Wales
Died	26 January 1988(1988-01-26) (aged 66) Saffron Walden, Essex, England
Alma mater	Trinity College, Cambridge
Era	20th-century philosophy
Region	Western philosophy
School	Western Marxism
Notable students	Terry Eagleton
Notable ideas	Cultural materialism Mobile privatisation

Raymond Henry Williams (31 August 1921 – 26 January 1988) was a Welsh socialist writer, academic, novelist and critic influential within the New Left and in wider culture. His writings on politics, culture, the media and literature contributed to the Marxist critique of culture and the arts. Some 750,000 copies of his books were sold in UK editions alone,^[2] and there are many translations available. His work laid foundations for the field of cultural studies and cultural materialism.