Jack Richon Pole, FBA, FRHistS (14 March 1922 – 30 January 2010) was a British historian of the United States. After holding posts at University College, London and the

University of Cambridge , mottoeng = Literal: From here, light and sacred draughts. Non literal: From this place, we gain enlightenment and precious knowledge. , established = , other_name = The Chancellor, Masters and Schola ...

, he was Rhodes Professor of American History and Institutions at the

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from 1979 to 1989.

Selected bibliography

* ''Political Representation in England and the Origins of the American Republic'' (1966) * ''Foundations of American Independence 1763-1815'' (1973) * ''The Pursuit of Equality in American History'' (1978) * ''Contract and Consent: Representation and the Jury in Anglo-American Legal History'' (2010)

References

* https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/obituaries/7407991/Professor-Jack-Pole.html * https://www.historians.org/publications-and-directories/perspectives-on-history/may-2010/in-memoriam-jack-r-pole * https://www.independent.co.uk/news/obituaries/professor-jack-pole-eminent-scholar-best-known-for-his-work-on-the-history-of-colonial-and-revolutionary-america-1918383.html * https://paw.princeton.edu/memorial/jack-r-pole-53 * https://casbs.stanford.edu/people/jack-r-pole * https://www.thebritishacademy.ac.uk/documents/1496/17_Pole_1808.pdf {{DEFAULTSORT:Pole, Jack 1922 births 2010 deaths Fellows of the British Academy Fellows of the Royal Historical Society British Jews People educated at King Alfred School, London British Army officers British Army personnel of World War II Alumni of The Queen's College, Oxford Princeton University alumni Academics of University College London Academics of the University of Cambridge Academics of the University of Oxford Fellows of Churchill College, Cambridge Fellows of St Catherine's College, Oxford Historians of the United States 20th-century British historians 21st-century British historians