Judith shklar biography

Cowles Professor of Government Judith N. Shklar, an eminent political theorist and the first woman to be granted tenure in the Government Department, died early yesterday morning from a heart attack suffered last week.

Judith shklar biography

She was 63.

Shklar, a Cambridge resident, was a distinguished scholar and teacher of the history of political thought, notably that of the Enlightenment period. Her studies spanned the range of ideas at the intersection of political theory and literature.

Shklar's colleagues in the Government Department described her as a "towering figure in her discipline" and an "absolutely devoted teacher."

"One often calls people irreplaceable, but she really is an absolutely unique combination of erudition and extraordinary scholarship in political theory," said Dillon Professor of the Civilization of France Stanley Hoffman.

"She has trained generations of undergraduates, graduates and teachers."

Hoffman, a close friend and c