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Deborah Lavin: actress, playwright, historian

I was sorry to read of the death of Deborah Lavin a multi-talented person who was a friend of the London Socialist Historians Group.

Just recently I had a sparky exchange with her about nineteenth century black history and while its good to know that she intellectually alert even in her last months that somehow makes one feel the loss even more keenly.

IT is with deep sadness that I have to inform everyone of the death of our comrade and friend, Deborah Lavin, a very active member, a serious historian and excellent speaker, who organised some excellent lecture series in recent years at Conway Hall. She will be much missed. Longer tributes will follow. RIP Deborah. 

David Morgan

London Socialist Historians tribute

http://londonsocialisthistorians.blogspot.com/2020/03/deborah-lavin.html

Deborah Lavin was an actress, stand up poet, playwright and most importantly for our purposes an independent historian, interested in the interface of radicalism, socialism and feminism in the 19th century.  Deborah’s short book Charles Bradlaugh contra Karl Marx, Radicalism vs Socialism in the First International was published by the Socialist History Society in 2011 and a review of the work in the LSHG Newsletter by Keith Flett can be read here:

http://londonsocialisthistorians.blogspot.com/2012/04/book-review-bradlaugh-contra-marx.html