Gertrude Himmelfarb

1922 - 2019

statsborgerskab: USA

talte sprog: engelsk

uddannelsessted: Brooklyn College, Jewish Theological Seminary of America, University of Chicago, University of Cambridge, Girton College

beskæftigelse: historiker, universitetslærer, skribent

udmærkelser modtaget: Orwellpris, Guggenheim-Stipendium, National Humanities Medal, Jefferson Lecture, Fellow of the British Academy, Fellow of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences

Gertrude Himmelfarb (August 8, 1922 – December 30, 2019), also known as Bea Kristol, was an American historian. She was a leader of conservative interpretations of history and historiography. She wrote extensively on intellectual history, with a focus on Great Britain and the Victorian era, as well as on contemporary society and culture. Source: Wikipedia (en)