J. G. A. Pocock

J. G. A. Pocock
Born
John Greville Agard Pocock

(1924-03-07)7 March 1924
London, England
Died12 December 2023(2023-12-12) (aged 99)
Baltimore, Maryland, US
NationalityNew Zealand
Spouse
Felicity Willis-Fleming
(m. 1958; died 2014)
Children2
Academic background
Alma mater
Doctoral advisorSir Herbert Butterfield
Academic work
DisciplineHistory
School or traditionCambridge School
Institutions
Notable worksThe Machiavellian Moment (1975)
Barbarism and Religion (1999–2015)

John Greville Agard Pocock ONZM (/ˈpkɒk/; 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 other Enlightenment historians, and, in historical method, for his contributions to the history of political discourse.

Born in England, Pocock spent most of his early life in New Zealand. He moved to the United States in 1966. He taught at Washington University in St. Louis and from 1975 to 2011 at Johns Hopkins University in Baltimore. He was a member of both the American Academy of Arts and Sciences and the American Philosophical Society.[1][2]

  1. ^ "John Pocock". American Academy of Arts & Sciences. Retrieved 22 February 2022.
  2. ^ "APS Member History". search.amphilsoc.org. Retrieved 22 February 2022.