J. G. A. Pocock

J. G. A. Pocock

ONZM
J. G. A. Pocock; ONZM
Born	John Greville Agard Pocock; 7 March 1924; London, England
Died	12 December 2023 (aged 99); Baltimore, Maryland, US
Nationality	New Zealand
Spouse	Felicity Willis-Fleming (m. 1958; died 2014)
Children	2
Academic background
Alma mater	Canterbury College (BA, MA); University of Cambridge (PhD);
Doctoral advisor	Sir Herbert Butterfield
Academic work
Discipline	History
School or tradition	Cambridge School
Institutions	University of Canterbury; St John's College, Cambridge; University of Otago; Washington University in St. Louis; Johns Hopkins University;
Notable works	The Machiavellian Moment (1975) ; Barbarism and Religion (1999–2015)

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 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.

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