Gene Brucker

Gene Adam Brucker (October 15, 1924 – July 9, 2017) was an American historian and the Shepard Professor of History, Emeritus at the University of California, Berkeley.^[1] Brucker was born and grew up in his family farm in Cropsey, Illinois. He studied at attended the University of Illinois at Champaign-Urbana where he pursued a BA. At Champaign-Urbana, he was influenced by Raymond Stears, a Professor of modern European history. In 1943, Brucker was interrupted by World War II in which he served in the Army Corps of Engineers in France.^[2] He later 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.

Gene Adam Brucker
Born	(1924-10-15)October 15, 1924 Cropsey, Illinois, U.S.
Died	July 9, 2017(2017-07-09) (aged 92) Emeryville, California, U.S.
Nationality	American
Occupation	Historian
Known for	Research on Florence during the Renaissance
Title	Shepard Professor of History, Emeritus
Awards	Rhodes Scholarship Fulbright Fellowship Guggenheim Fellowship National Endowment for the Humanities Fellowship
Academic background
Alma mater	Princeton University (Ph.D. 1954)
Academic work
Discipline	History, Literature
Sub-discipline	Renaissance history, Florentine studies
Institutions	University of California, Berkeley
Notable works	Renaissance Florence (1983) Florence: the Golden Age (1998) Living on the Edge in Leonardo's Florence: Selected Essays
Notes
Elected to the American Academy of Arts and Sciences (1979)

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."^[3]

References

1. "History department professor emeritus Gene Brucker dies at 92". The Daily Californian. 23 July 2017. Retrieved 25 July 2017.
2. "Memoirs of Fellows and Corresponding Fellows of the Medieval Academy of America". Speculum. 93 (3): 957–960. July 2018. doi:10.1086/698460. ISSN 0038-7134.
3. "Berkeley Emeriti Times" (PDF). University of California. January 25, 2003. Retrieved October 25, 2016.