Brison D. Gooch | |
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| Born | (1925-03-01)March 1, 1925 Bar Harbor, Maine, U.S. |
| Died | November 25, 2014(2014-11-25) (aged 89) |
| Education | Miami University University of Wisconsin (PhD) |
| Occupation | Historian |
| Parent(s) | Austin McLellan Gooch Clara Helen Dowling |
| Relatives | Alden S. Gooch (brother) |
Brison D. Gooch (March 1, 1925 – November 25, 2014) was an American historian specializing in 19th century European history, especially Belgium and France. He was author of numerous monographs, and especially wrote undergraduate oriented textbooks.[1][2]
Born inBar Harbor, Maine, his father Austin McLellan Gooch was a carpenter. His mother Clara Helen Dowling Gooch cared for their six children, including his brotherAlden Gooch. He was educated at local public schools. Gooch served in the U.S. Army in Germany and Belgium from 1945 to 1947; he attended the Nuremberg trials in 1945–1946. He took a bachelor's degree in history and philosophy fromMiami University (Ohio) in 1949 and a master's degree in history from theUniversity of Wisconsin in 1950. He finished with a PhD in history from Wisconsin in 1955. He taught as instructor and assistant professor atMassachusetts Institute of Technology, 1954 to 1960. He taught as an associate and full professor at theUniversity of Oklahoma 1960–1969. He was professor from 1973 to 1990 at the history department ofTexas A&M University. He worked to reform the curriculum and expand graduate efforts as history department head at theUniversity of Connecticut from 1969 to 1973 and at Texas A&M from 1973 to 1975. He held a visiting appointment atYale University, and was a Fulbright scholar in Belgium.
