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John Greville Agard Pocock ONZM (/ ˈpoʊkɒk /; 7 March 1924 – 12 December 2023) was a New Zealand historian of political thought. He was especially known for his studies of republicanism in the early modern period (mostly in Europe, Britain, and America), his work on the history of English common law, his treatment of Edward Gibbon and ...
Dec 19, 2023 · J.G.A. Pocock, who brought new perspectives to historical scholarship by arguing that the first step in understanding events of the past is to identify their linguistic and intellectual context,...
Dec 18, 2023 · Renowned historian J.G.A. Pocock, who upended the study of political thought, dies at 99. Considered one of the greatest historians of his generation, Pocock wove philosophy, political science, and history into a program in political and moral thought that Johns Hopkins University is known for today. Rachel Wallach. / Dec 18, 2023. Media Inquiries.
- Rachel Wallach
Dec 23, 2023 · J.G.A. Pocock, a historian who delivered revelatory insights on topics from republicanism to the Enlightenment, from English common law to the American Revolution, and from Aristotle to...
- Emily Langer
Dec 14, 2023 · A tribute to John Pocock, a giant of historical scholarship, who died in 2023. Learn about his contributions to political thought, historiography, British history, American history and Gibbon studies.
With the passing of John Greville Agard Pocock on December 12, 2023, as he approached his hundredth birthday, the community of intellectual historians (and, in particular, historians of political thought) lost one of its most eminent and influential members.
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Feb 5, 2024 · J. G. A. Pocock, pathbreaking historian of ideas, passed away at age 99 on December 12, 2023. He was a leading scholar of 17th- and 18th-century Britain; of Italian, British, and Atlantic traditions of “civic republicanism;” and of multiple dimensions of the British and European Enlightenments.
