Charles Loch Mowat (4 October 1911 – 23 June 1970) was a British-born American historian. [1]
Mowat was educated at Marlborough College and St John's College, Oxford. [2] In 1934 he emigrated to the United States, where he became an American citizen. [2] From 1934 until 1936 he taught at the University of Minnesota. In 1936 he took up a position at the University of California, Los Angeles. [3] His opposition to McCarthyism led to him leaving UCLA and taking a post at the University of Chicago in 1950. [2] In 1958 he returned to Britain to be professor of history at the University College of North Wales, Bangor, a post he held until 1958. [2]
His best known book is Britain Between the Wars, which became the standard text on the nation's interwar period. [2] A. J. P. Taylor wrote the volume in the Oxford History of England covering 1914–1945. After he was asked how he found out what basically happened in the period, Taylor answered: "I looked it up in Mowat". [4]
Charles Loch Mowat (4 October 1911 – 23 June 1970) was a British-born American historian. [1]
Mowat was educated at Marlborough College and St John's College, Oxford. [2] In 1934 he emigrated to the United States, where he became an American citizen. [2] From 1934 until 1936 he taught at the University of Minnesota. In 1936 he took up a position at the University of California, Los Angeles. [3] His opposition to McCarthyism led to him leaving UCLA and taking a post at the University of Chicago in 1950. [2] In 1958 he returned to Britain to be professor of history at the University College of North Wales, Bangor, a post he held until 1958. [2]
His best known book is Britain Between the Wars, which became the standard text on the nation's interwar period. [2] A. J. P. Taylor wrote the volume in the Oxford History of England covering 1914–1945. After he was asked how he found out what basically happened in the period, Taylor answered: "I looked it up in Mowat". [4]