Denis William Brogan

Sir Denis William Brogan (born August 11, 1900 in Glasgow , Scotland , † January 5, 1974 ) was a British writer and historian .

Life

Brogan studied at Glasgow, Oxford and Harvard and in 1934 became a member of the Academy of Corpus Christi College (Oxford) . From 1939 to 1968 he was Professor of Political Science at Cambridge . In 1963 he became Queen Elizabeth II. The Knights defeated. In 1955 he became a member ( fellow ) of the British Academy . In 1966 he was elected to the American Academy of Arts and Sciences and in 1971 to the American Philosophical Society .

Brogan achieved great fame among the British population as an interpreter of American history and politics.

He was the brother of the journalist Colm Brogan , married to the archaeologist Olwen Brogan and father of the historian Hugh Brogan .

Works

• Political culture. Considerations about their practical value. (New York, Overseas Edition, 1945)
• The American character. (Stuttgart - Mittelbach 1946; translation by Hans Georg Müller-Payer)
• American politics. United States Constitution, State, and Political System. (AJ Walter Verlag, Stuttgart - Vienna - Zurich 1956)

Web links

• Literature by and about Denis William Brogan in the catalog of the German National Library

Individual evidence

1. ^ Deceased Fellows. British Academy, accessed May 9, 2020 . 
2. ↑ Member History: Denis W. Brogan. American Philosophical Society, accessed May 20, 2018 .