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| − | '''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. | + | '''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> |
==Education== | ==Education== | ||
| − | Gertrude Himmelfarb was a graduate of New Utrecht High School and Brooklyn College. She received her Ph.D. from the [[University of Chicago]] in 1950. | + | Gertrude Himmelfarb was a graduate of New Utrecht High School and Brooklyn College. She received her Ph.D. from the [[University of Chicago]] in 1950.<ref name="nndb.com">https://www.nndb.com/people/304/000116953/</ref> |
==Books== | ==Books== | ||
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*Lord Acton: A Study of Conscience and Politics (1952) | *Lord Acton: A Study of Conscience and Politics (1952) | ||
*Darwin and the Darwinian Revolution (1959) | *Darwin and the Darwinian Revolution (1959) | ||
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*One Nation, Two Cultures: A Searching Examination of American Society in the Aftermath of Our Cultural Revolution (2001) | *One Nation, Two Cultures: A Searching Examination of American Society in the Aftermath of Our Cultural Revolution (2001) | ||
*The Roads to Modernity: The British, French, and American Enlightenments (2004) | *The Roads to Modernity: The British, French, and American Enlightenments (2004) | ||
| − | *The Moral Imagination: From Edmund Burke to Lionel Trilling (2006) | + | *The Moral Imagination: From Edmund Burke to Lionel Trilling (2006)<ref name="nndb.com">https://www.nndb.com/people/304/000116953/</ref><ref>https://www.goodreads.com/author/list/159584.Gertrude_Himmelfarb</ref> |
==References== | ==References== | ||
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{{DEFAULTSORT:Himmelfarb, Gertrude}} | {{DEFAULTSORT:Himmelfarb, Gertrude}} | ||
Revision as of 22:25, April 3, 2021
| Gertrude Himmelfarb | |||
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| Born | August 8, 1922 Brooklyn, New York | ||
| Died | December 30, 2019 Washington, D.C. | ||
| Spouse | Irving Kristol | ||
| Religion | Jewish | ||
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.[1]
Education
Gertrude Himmelfarb was a graduate of New Utrecht High School and Brooklyn College. She received her Ph.D. from the University of Chicago in 1950.[1]
Books
- Some of the information in this article may be outdated.
- Lord Acton: A Study of Conscience and Politics (1952)
- Darwin and the Darwinian Revolution (1959)
- Victorian Minds (1968)
- On Liberty and Liberalism: The Case of John Stuart Mill (1974)
- The Idea of Poverty: England in the Early Industrial Age (1984)
- Marriage and Morals Among the Victorians (1986)
- The New History and the Old (1987)
- Poverty and Compassion: The Moral Imagination of the Late Victorians (1991)
- On Looking into the Abyss: Untimely Thoughts on Culture and Society (1994)
- The De-Moralization of Society: From Victorian Virtues to Modern Values (1995)
- One Nation, Two Cultures: A Searching Examination of American Society in the Aftermath of Our Cultural Revolution (2001)
- The Roads to Modernity: The British, French, and American Enlightenments (2004)
- The Moral Imagination: From Edmund Burke to Lionel Trilling (2006)[1][2]