Background

Andrew Colin Gow was born on November 30, 1962 in Ottawa, Ontario, Canada. Son of Harry William and Martine Denise (maiden name: Baugniet; present surname: Cooper) Gow.

Education

Andrew attended Russell Public School, Russell, Ontario; T.P. Maxwell Public School, Glashan Public School, and Glebe Collegiate Institute, Ottawa, Ontario. He attended the University of Ottawa and graduated from Carleton University with his B.A. (with honors) in 1984. In 1988 he received his M.A. from the University of Toronto. In 1993 he earned his Ph.D. from the University of Arizona.

Career

Gow has been a professor of History at the University of Alberta, Edmonton, since 1993. His first book "The Red Jews: Antisemitism in an Apocalyptic Age, 1200-1600" was published in 1995. He also serves as Editor-in-Chief of Brill Publishers' series "Studies in Medieval and Reformation Traditions" (since 2000).

Achievements

• In 2003 Gow won Martha Cook Piper Research Prize. He also received the University of Alberta Graduate Student Union Teaching Award in 2005.

Works

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  • The Red Jews: Antisemitism in an Apocalyptic Age, 1200-1600 (Studies in Medieval and Reformation Traditions: History, Cul) by Professor of History Andrew Colin Gow (1994-12-01)

Membership

He was a member of the Sixteenth Century Studies Association, Renaissance Studies Association, Fruehe Neuzeit Interdisziplinaer (member of board of directors).

Connections

Andrew married Heather Joan McAsh, on November 12, 1988. The couple has 2 children: Ezekiel Hart, Elspeth Sommer.

Father:

Harry William Gow

Mother:

Martine Denise (Baugniet) Cooper

Spouse:

Heather Joan McAsh

child:

Ezekiel Hart Gow

child:

Elspeth Sommer Gow