Denis William Brogan

Sir Denis William Brogan (born 11 August 1900 in Glasgow; died 5 January 1974), Scottish author and historian. He studied in Glasgow, Oxford, and Harvard. From 1939 to 1968, he was a fellow of Peterhouse and professor of political science in Cambridge. He became known for broadcast radio talks, chiefly on historical themes, and as a panellist on BBC radio's Round Britain Quiz, when he affected a testy, hyperacademic persona. In 1963, he received a knighthood. He was the brother of journalist Colm Brogan and the father of historian Hugh Brogan.^[1][2][3][4]

He is buried in the Parish of the Ascension Burial Ground in Cambridge, according to A Guide to Churchill College, Cambridge: text by Dr. Mark Goldie, pages 62 and 63 (2009). His ex-wife Olwen Phillis Francis (Lady Brogan), OBE, archaeologist and authority on Roman Libya and mother of four children, is also buried in the same cemetery; she later became Olwen Hackett on her second marriage, when she married Charles Hackett.

He appears to have had a working relationship with political scientist AFK Organski; a copy of the latter's book 'World Politics' (New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1958) in the Glasgow University Library contains the following hand written note on the first blank page:

"To D.W. Brogan, In thanks for some delightful hours of talk, Kenneth Organski, New York, Aug 11 1959". The book was presented to the GUL by Sir Denis Brogan.

Works

• The American Political System (1933) Excerpts
• The Development of modern France, 1870-1939 (1940 and later editions)
• Politics and Law in the United States (1941) Excerpts
• The English People: Impressions and Observations (1943)
• The American Character (1944)
• French Personalities and Problems (1945) Excerpts
• The Era of Franklin D. Roosevelt (1950)
• The Price of Revolution (1951)
• Politics in America (1954)
• The French Nation: from Napoleon to Pétain, 1814-1940 (1957)
• America in the Modern World (1960)
• American Aspects (1964)
• Worlds in Conflict (1967)
• France under the Republic (1974)^[5]

References

1. "Sir Denis Brogan". universitystory.gla.ac.uk. Retrieved 13 March 2014.
2. "gb247-msgen1581 - Papers of Sir Denis William Brogan, 1900-1". archiveshub.ac.uk. Retrieved 13 March 2014.
3. "Brogan, Sir Denis William (1900-1974), historian". oxfordindex.oup.com. Retrieved 13 March 2014.
4. "Denis William Brogan". reference.com. Retrieved 13 March 2014.
5. "D. W. Brogan (1900–1974)". librarything.com. Retrieved 13 March 2014.

External links

• Sir Denis William Brogan, National Portrait Gallery

Denis William Brogan at Find a Grave

Denis William Brogan at Find a Grave for Olwen Hackett, former Lady Brogan

• Proudhon
• Works by or about Denis William Brogan in libraries (WorldCat catalog)