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Occupation
  
Historian


Name
  
Geoffrey Blodgett

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Died
  
November 15, 2001, Oberlin, Ohio, United States

Education
  
Harvard University, Oberlin College

Books
  
Oberlin History, The gentle reformers, Cass Gilbert, Oberlin architecture - college a

Geoffrey Blodgett (October 13, 1931 – November 15, 2001) was Robert S. Danforth Professor of History at Oberlin College, located in Oberlin, Ohio. As a student at Oberlin from 1949-1953, he was a wide receiver on the Yeomen, the college's men's football team. After graduating Phi Beta Kappa from Oberlin in 1953, Blodgett served two years with the United States Navy in the Pacific Fleet. He received a PhD at Harvard University in 1961, and returned to the college a year later to join the History Department. His dissertation focused on a group of political reformers of the late 19th century who left the Republican Party to join the Democratic Party, the Mugwumps.

Throughout his career as a professor he focused on the history of architecture, publishing several books and many articles. He also published many articles on the history of Oberlin College.

Selected publications

  • Geoffrey Blodgett (1966). The Gentle Reformers: Massachusetts Democrats in the Cleveland Era. Harvard University Press.
  • Geoffrey Blodgett (1985). Oberlin Architecture, College and Town: A Guide to Its Social History. Kent State University Press. ISBN 0-87338-309-5
  • Elizabeth A. Brown and Geoffrey Blodgett (1992) Robert Mangold: The Oberlin Window. Oberlin College. ISBN 99925-53-02-2
  • Geoffrey Blodgett (1999). Cass Gilbert: The Early Years. Minnesota Historical Society Press. ISBN 0-87351-410-6
  • References

    Geoffrey Blodgett Wikipedia