Jon Bridgman
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Jon Bridgman is an American
historian
and a professor emeritus of the University of Washington
.
Bridgman, a graduate of Stanford University
, who received his doctorate from Stanford University
in 1961 spent his entire teaching career at the University of Washington. He was the recipient of the university's Distinguished Teaching Award in 1973, and remained one of the most popular lecturers on campus for the following three decades. His popularity as a speaker earned him a position lecturing to the annual meeting of the UW Alumni Association from 1987 to the present, and the alumni have rewarded his retirement by donating sufficient funds to endow the Jon Bridgman Professorship in History
at the University of Washington.
He currently teaches classes on a variety of topics through his own Past and Present Society, a club for students of history and Bridgman enthusiasts.
Bridgman also found success as an historical writer. Among his published works are The Revolt of the Hereros (Perspectives on Southern Africa
) and The End of the Holocaust
: The Liberation of the Camps.
United States
The United States of America is a federal constitutional republic comprising fifty states and a federal district...
historian
Historian
A historian is a person who studies and writes about the past and is regarded as an authority on it. Historians are concerned with the continuous, methodical narrative and research of past events as relating to the human race; as well as the study of all history in time. If the individual is...
and a professor emeritus of the University of Washington
University of Washington
University of Washington is a public research university, founded in 1861 in Seattle, Washington, United States. The UW is the largest university in the Northwest and the oldest public university on the West Coast. The university has three campuses, with its largest campus in the University...
.
Bridgman, a graduate of Stanford University
Stanford University
The Leland Stanford Junior University, commonly referred to as Stanford University or Stanford, is a private research university on an campus located near Palo Alto, California. It is situated in the northwestern Santa Clara Valley on the San Francisco Peninsula, approximately northwest of San...
, who received his doctorate from Stanford University
Stanford University
The Leland Stanford Junior University, commonly referred to as Stanford University or Stanford, is a private research university on an campus located near Palo Alto, California. It is situated in the northwestern Santa Clara Valley on the San Francisco Peninsula, approximately northwest of San...
in 1961 spent his entire teaching career at the University of Washington. He was the recipient of the university's Distinguished Teaching Award in 1973, and remained one of the most popular lecturers on campus for the following three decades. His popularity as a speaker earned him a position lecturing to the annual meeting of the UW Alumni Association from 1987 to the present, and the alumni have rewarded his retirement by donating sufficient funds to endow the Jon Bridgman Professorship in History
History
History is the discovery, collection, organization, and presentation of information about past events. History can also mean the period of time after writing was invented. Scholars who write about history are called historians...
at the University of Washington.
He currently teaches classes on a variety of topics through his own Past and Present Society, a club for students of history and Bridgman enthusiasts.
Bridgman also found success as an historical writer. Among his published works are The Revolt of the Hereros (Perspectives on Southern Africa
Africa
Africa is the world's second largest and second most populous continent, after Asia. At about 30.2 million km² including adjacent islands, it covers 6% of the Earth's total surface area and 20.4% of the total land area...
) and The End of the Holocaust
The Holocaust
The Holocaust , also known as the Shoah , was the genocide of approximately six million European Jews and millions of others during World War II, a programme of systematic state-sponsored murder by Nazi...
: The Liberation of the Camps.