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Margot Claire Heinemann

Margot Claire Heinemann

Female 1913 - 1992  (78 years)    Has no ancestors but one descendant in this family tree.

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  • Name Margot Claire Heinemann 
    Birth 18 Nov 1913 
    Gender Female 
    Death 10 Jun 1992 
    Person ID I675296  Geneagraphie
    Last Modified 5 Mar 2013 

    Family 1 John Cornford,   b. 27 Dec 1915   d. 28 Dec 1936 (Age 21 years) 
    Marriage Type: lovers 
    Family ID F367067  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
    Last Modified 5 Mar 2013 

    Family 2 Prof John Desmond Bernal,   b. 10 May 1901, Nenagh, Co. Tipperary, Éire Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 15 Sep 1971, London, Middlesex, England Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 70 years) 
    Marriage Type: Relationship 
    Children 
     1. Living
    Family ID F297352  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
    Last Modified 5 Mar 2013 

  • Notes 
    • a British Marxist writer, drama scholar, and leading member of the Communist Party of Great Britain (CPGB).
      She joined the CPGB in 1934, because of its active opposition to the British Union of Fascists . She was the lover of John Cornford , while a student at the University of Cambridge . The historian Eric Hobsbawm , there also at the time, wrote 'she probably had more influence on me than any other person I have known.'
      She was educated at Roedean School and at King Alfred School in London, and read English at Newnham College, Cambridge from 1931 gaining a BA with first class honours. After Cambridge she taught 14-year-old girls at Cadbury's Continuation School in Bourneville on day release from the chocolate factory. In the CPGB she worked in the Labour Research Department from 1937.
      She stood as the communist candidate for Vauxhall Constituency in the 1950 General Election .
      In 1959 she resumed teaching at Camden School for Girls and then Goldsmith's College from 1965-77. In 1976 she was made a Fellow of New Hall, Cambridge . She was still teaching at New Hall up to 1989 and stayed with the CPGB until it was dissolved
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