Dr John S. Partington
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| Gender | Male |
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| Industry | Transportation |
| Occupation | Section Planning Administrator and Independent Historian |
| Location | Reading, Berkshire, United Kingdom |
| Introduction | I am a Safety, Health and Environment Specialist at Network Rail, and an Independent Historian. I publish regularly in journals and books, and have written or edited the following seven volumes: 'Building Cosmopolis: The Political Thought of H. G. Wells' (2003), 'Clara Zetkin: National and International Contexts' (with Marilyn J. Boxer, 2012), 'The Life, Music and Thought of Woody Guthrie: A Critical Appraisal' (2011), 'H. G. Wells in "Nature", 1893-1946: A Reception Reader' (2008), 'H. G. Wells's Fin-de-siecle: Twenty-first Century Reflections on the Early H. G. Wells. Selections from "The Wellsian"' (2007), 'The Reception of H. G. Wells in Europe' (with Patrick Parrinder, 2005) and '"The Wellsian": Selected Essays on H. G. Wells' (2003). I am currently researching the reception and influence of Clara Zetkin in British politics. |
| Interests | Research, History, Literature, Politics, International Relations, Folk Music, Local History |
| Favorite movies | The Great Dictator, Modern Times, Limelight, A King in New York, 1984, Scrooge, I'm Alright Jack, The Lives of Others, Made in Dagenham, Pride |
| Favorite music | Woody Guthrie, Bob Dylan, Pete Seeger, The Almanac Singers, The Weavers, REM, Duran Duran, Billy Bragg, Joan Baez, Pet Shop Boys, Cat Stevens, Phil Ochs, John Lennon, Lead Belly, The Beatles, Oasis, Odetta, Kristin Hersh, Ewan MacColl, Throwing Muses, Donovan, Roy Bailey, The Be Good Tanyas, Po' Girl, Grace Petrie |
| Favorite books | Mr Britling Sees it Through, Darkness at Noon, Nineteen Eighty-Four, Mephisto, Man of Straw, The Iron Heel, When the Sleeper Wakes, A Modern Utopia, Men Like Gods, The Shape of Things to Come, The Millennium, Flight of Ashes, Slaughterhouse Five |