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Gertrude Himmelfarb (August 8, 1922 – December 30, 2019), [1] 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.
- August 8, 1922, New York City, New York, U.S.
- Milton Himmelfarb (brother)
- 2, including Bill
Dec 31, 2019 · December 31, 2019. Gertrude Himmelfarb, also known as Bea Kristol, spent much of her time thinking about and writing on the moral questions of the Victorian era. (Sylvia Johnson) Economists...
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Gertrude Himmelfarb, known to her friends as Bea Kristol, was widely considered the leading twentieth-century authority on the culture of Great Britain in the Victorian era. She was the second of two children born into a Russian-Jewish immigrant family in Brooklyn, New York on August 8, 1922. She attended New Utrecht high school, formerly New ...
Gertrude Himmelfarb, American historian, alumnus of the University of Chicago, and wife of neoconservative commentator Irving Kristol. Ms. Himmelfarb's address was delivered as a part of the John M. Olin Lecture Series. Subject Terms: Himmelfarb, Gertrude, born 1922 | Historians | Speeches: Photographer: Chicago Maroon: Photograph Date: Undated ...
Jan 3, 2020 · Victorian scholar Gertrude Himmelfarb, mother of anti-Trump conservative Bill Kristol, dies at 97. By Cnaan Liphshiz January 3, 2020 1:42 pm ... Kristol, who died in 2009, was an influential ...
Dec 31, 2019 · A manufacturer’s daughter from New York, she was a scholar on Victorian England, forceful voice in the ‘culture wars’ and widow of neoconservative ‘godfather’ Irving Kristol. By Hillel ...
Dec 31, 2019 · Gertrude Himmelfarb, a historian of ideas who applied cool intelligence and elegant writing to making the case that Victorian-era morals should invigorate contemporary social policies, died on...
