Draft:Robert Vogel (historian)

Robert Vogel (November 4th, 1929 – April 1st, 1993) was a Canadian historian and Dean of Arts at McGill University. He principal areas of research were Canadian Military history, particularly Canadian involvement in the European theater during the Second World War.

Life
Robert Vogel was born in Vienna, Austria and was raised by his mother and step father. . In 1939, Robert and his family fled Vienna to Amsterdam, before arriving in the United Kingdom. After Robert's father was wounded while acting as a civil-defence volunteer, the family relocated to to the town of Abergavenny. In June 1948, he became a naturalized British citizen.

In 1948, he emigrated to Montreal, Canada, with his parents, and began studying history at Sir George Williams University from 1949 to 1952, earning a baccalaureate. After this he completed a Master's degree at McGill University, and the a doctorate in 1959. He then began teaching at McGill in 1961, serving as Dean of the Faculty of Arts from 1971 to 1981

He died in 1993, in Montreal.

Works

 * Copp, Terry, and Robert Vogel. 1983. Maple Leaf Route : Falaise. Alma, Ontario: Maple Leaf Route.
 * Copp, Terry, and Robert Vogel. 1984. Maple Leaf Route : Antwerp. Alma, Ontario: Maple Leaf Route.
 * Copp, Terry, and Robert Vogel. 1985. Maple Leaf Route : Scheldt. Alma, Ontario: Maple Leaf Route.
 * Copp, Terry, and Robert Vogel. 1988. Maple Leaf Route : Victory. Alma, Ont.: Maple Leaf Route.
 * Vogel, Robert "Some Reflections on the Teaching of Military History in Canada." Canadian Military History 1, 1 (1992): 101-104.