Gene Brucker
Gene Adam Brucker (October 15, 1924 – July 9, 2017). in Cropsey, Illinois) was an American historian and the Shepard Professor of History, Emeritus at the University of California, Berkeley.[1] Brucker studied at Oxford and received his Ph.D. from Princeton University in 1954. He was immediately appointed to the faculty at Berkeley. He received several academic awards, including the Rhodes Scholarship, Fulbright Fellowship, Guggenheim Fellowship, and the National Endowment for the Humanities Fellowship. In 1979, he was elected to the American Academy of Arts and Sciences.
Brucker has focused and written specifically on Florence during the Renaissance. His research on Florentine history has pursued new insights into the period. Among his works include "Renaissance Florence" (1983), "Florence: the Golden Age" (1998), and "Living on the Edge in Leonardo's Florence: Selected Essays."[2]
References
- ^ "History department professor emeritus Gene Brucker dies at 92". The Daily Californian. Retrieved 25 July 2017.
- ^ "Berkeley Emeriti Times" (PDF). University of California. January 25, 2003. Retrieved October 25, 2016.
- 1924 births
- 2017 deaths
- Historians of Italy
- Historians of the Renaissance
- Historians from Illinois
- People from McLean County, Illinois
- University of California, Berkeley College of Letters and Science faculty
- Princeton University alumni
- Fellows of the Medieval Academy of America
- Alumni of the University of Oxford
- American expatriates in the United Kingdom
- American historian stubs