J. A. W. Gunn

J. A. W. Gunn
FRSC
Born
John Alexander Wilson Gunn

1937 (1937)
Died (aged 85)
Kingston, Ontario, Canada
NationalityCanadian
Other namesJock Gunn
Academic background
Alma materUniversity of Oxford
ThesisInterests and the Public Interest in English Social and Political Thought, 1640–1700 (1966)
Academic work
DisciplinePhilosophy
Sub-disciplinePolitical philosophy
InstitutionsQueen's University

John Alexander Wilson "Jock" Gunn FRSC (1937 – March 7, 2023) was a Canadian political philosopher.

Early life and education

Gunn earned a Bachelor of Arts in politics and history from Queen's University in 1959 and a Doctor of Philosophy degree from the University of Oxford.[1]

Academic career

Appointed full professor in 1970 at Queen's University, he was head of department 1975 to 1983 and was elected to the Royal Society of Canada in 1983. In 2001, Gunn retired after forty years of service to the university; he was then named the Sir Edward Peacock Professor Emeritus in the Queen's University Department of Political Studies.[2]

His main academic interests included:

Death

Gunn died on March 7, 2023, at the age of 85.[1]

Selected bibliography

  • Politics and the Public Interest in the Seventeenth Century (Routledge and Kegan Paul, 1969).
  • Beyond Liberty and Property: The Process of Self-Recognition in Eighteenth-Century Political Thought (McGill-Queen's University Press, 1983).
  • When the French Tried to Be British: Party, Opposition, and the Quest for Civil Disagreement, 1814–1848 (McGill-Queen's University Press, 2009).

References

  1. ^ a b "Queen's community remembers Professor Emeritus J.A.W. Gunn". Queen's University at Kingston. 15 March 2023. Retrieved 18 March 2023.
  2. ^ "Queen's Department of Political Studies". Archived from the original on 4 March 2010. Retrieved 20 December 2009.


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