Pocock, Professor John Greville Agard (1924–)
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A historian of political theory, Pocock's importance lies both in his advocacy of studying the ideas of the past in their own context and in his contribution through his writings to the development of the methodology of historical research.
- Forenames:
- John Greville Agard
- Surname:
- Pocock
- Title:
- Professor
- Dates:
- 1924–
- Institutions:
- Johns Hopkins University
- Significant posts:
- Emeritus Professor of History, Johns Hopkins University
- Influences:
- Butterfield, Herbert
- Contemporaries:
- Laslett, Thomas Peter Ruffell
Skinner, Quentin - Themes:
- Cambridge School of Intellectual History
History of political thought
Intellectual history
- Biographies:
- Blackwell Dictionary of Historians
Encyclopedia of Historians and Historical Writing
Bibliography
Significant publications
- J. G. A. Pocock, The Ancient Constitution and the Feudal Law (Cambridge, 1957)
- J. G. A. Pocock, Politics, Language and Time (New York, 1971)
- J. G. A. Pocock, The Machiavellian Moment (Princeton, NJ, 1975)
Other reading
- J. G. A. Pocock, 'The politics of historiography', Historical Research, 78, 1999 (2005), 1–14
- Patrick Joyce, 'The end of social history?', Social History, 20, 1 (1995), 73–92
- Keith Thomas, 'History revisited', Times Online, 11 October 2006 <http://tls.timesonline.co.uk/article/0,,25340-2399024,00.html> [accessed 31 October 2008]
