Gooch, Mr George Peabody (1873–1968)
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Independently wealthy, Gooch combined his historical work with philanthropy and politics. Despite this his output was still prodigious and wide-ranging. His most important contribution to diplomatic history was his stress on the publication of original documents as opposed to historical narratives slanted to the ends of governments or nations.
- Forenames:
- George Peabody
- Surname:
- Gooch
- Title:
- Mr
- Honours:
- Companion of Honour, Order of Merit
- Dates:
- 1873–1968
- Institutions:
- Cambridge Modern History
Contemporary Review
Historical Association
University of Cambridge (Trinity College) - Significant posts:
- President, Historical Association.
- Influences:
- Acton, John Emerich Edward Dalberg
- Contemporaries:
- Temperley, Harold William Vazeille
- Influenced:
- Butterfield, Herbert
- Themes:
- Diplomatic history
International history
- Biographies:
-
Blackwell Dictionary of Historians
Oxford Dictionary of National Biography
Proceedings of the British Academy - Obituaries:
- Times
Bibliography
Personal papers
Significant publications
- G. P. Gooch, History and Historians in the Nineteenth Century (1913)
- British documents on the origins of the war, ed. George Peabody Gooch and Harold Temperley (11 vols., London, 1927–38)
Other reading
- J. D. Hargreaves, 'Some notes on Gooch and Temperley', History, new ser., 39 (1954), 68–75
