| − | '''Gertrude Himmelfarb''' (August 8, 1922 – December 30, 2019), sometimes referred to as '''Bea Kristol''', is Professor Emerita of History at the graduate school of the City University of New York, and wife of [[Neoconservative]] scholar [[Irving Kristol]] and mother of ''[[Weekly Standard]]'' Editor [[William Kristol]]. She is the sister of Milton Himmelfarb of the American Jewish Committee.<ref name="nndb.com">https://www.nndb.com/people/304/000116953/</ref> | + | '''Gertrude Himmelfarb''' (August 8, 1922 – December 30, 2019), usually known (outside academia) as '''Bea Kristol''', was Professor Emerita of History at the graduate school of the City University of New York, the wife of [[Neoconservative]] scholar [[Irving Kristol]] and mother of ''[[Weekly Standard]]'' Editor [[Bill Kristol|William (Bill) Kristol]]. She was also the sister of Milton Himmelfarb of the American Jewish Committee<ref name="nndb.com">https://www.nndb.com/people/304/000116953/</ref>. An outstanding historian of Victorian intellectualism, her 1974 introductory essay to the Penguin Classic edition of [[Mill]]'s ''On Liberty'', for instance, is of almost unequaled authority (and wit). A fellow of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences among other elite bodies, Himmelfarb also served on the editorial boards of several renowned academic journals. |