J. W. Gough
{{Short description|Welsh historian}}
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John Wiedhofft Gough (23 February 1900 - 1976){{cite book |editor1-last=Grayling |editor1-first=A. C. |editor2-last=Goulder |editor2-first=Naomi |editor3-last=Pyle |editor3-first=Andrew |title=The Continuum Encyclopedia of British Philosophy |date=2006 |publisher=Continuum |isbn=9781843711414 |edition=1st |url=https://www.oxfordreference.com/view/10.1093/acref/9780199754694.001.0001/acref-9780199754694-e-838 |access-date=15 December 2020}} was a Welsh historian noted for his study of John Locke's political philosophy.
Life and career
Gough matriculated at Merton College, Oxford in 1918.{{cite book|editor1-last=Levens|editor1-first=R.G.C.|title=Merton College Register 1900–1964|date=1964|publisher=Basil Blackwell|location=Oxford|page=114}}
Gough was described as an outstanding student whilst at Oxford, achieving a first in both the classics and modern history, in 1922 and 1923, respectively.Stuart Brown (ed.), Dictionary of Twentieth-Century British Philosophers (Bloomsbury, 2005), p. 339. He was a Lecturer at the University of Bristol between 1923 and 1931, and during this time spent a year as Visiting Lecturer at Western Reserve University, Ohio. In 1932 he was made a Fellow of Oriel College, Oxford, and in 1947 was appointed lecturer in modern history. He was awarded a DLitt in 1965.Brown, p. 339.
Gough was twice married: firstly in 1926 to Margaret Christian, née Rintoul, with whom he had a son and two daughters; following Margaret's death in 1939, he remarried in 1941, to Margaret Johnston, née Maclagan.
Works
- The Mines of Mendip (1930)
- The Superlative Prodigall, a life of Thomas Bushell (1932)
- The Social Contract: A Critical Study of its Development (Oxford University Press, 1936; 2nd ed., 1957).
- John Locke's Political Philosophy: Eight Studies (Oxford University Press, 1950; 2nd ed., 1973).
- Fundamental Law in English Constitutional History (1955)
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Category:20th-century Welsh historians