Jon M. Bridgman (July 10, 1930 – March 9, 2015) was an

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and a

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of the

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. Bridgman, a graduate of

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, and former USN gunnery officer on a destroyer, received his doctorate from

in 1961 and spent his entire teaching career at the University of Washington. His particular area of expertise was modern European history. He was the recipient of the university's Distinguished Teaching Award in 1973. His popularity as a speaker earned him a position lecturing to the annual meeting of the UW Alumni Association from 1987 to 2002, and the alumni have rewarded his retirement by donating funds to endow the Jon Bridgman Professorship in

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at the University of Washington. He taught classes on topics related to his own Past and Present Society, a club for students of history and Bridgman enthusiasts. As a historical writer, he published several works such as ''The Revolt of the

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(Perspectives on Southern

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)'' and ''The End of

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: The Liberation of the Camps''.

Selected publications

*Bridgman, Jon. (1981). ''The Revolt of the Hereros''. Berkeley: University of California Press. *Bridgman, Jon; Hutton Jones, Richard. (1990) ''The End of the Holocaust: The Liberation of the Camps.'' Areopagitica Press.Stern, F. (1991). eview ofThe End of the Holocaust: The Liberation of the Camps. ''Foreign Affairs'', 70, 2, 189.

References

External links

An article on Bridgman's retirement and the creation of the endowed professorship
* An interview of Jon Bridgman on the topic of history.

{{DEFAULTSORT:Bridgman, Jon M. American historians Stanford University alumni University of Washington faculty 1930 births 2015 deaths