Gertrude Himmelfarb
1922 - 2019
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(1922-2019) Historian, author. Gertrude Himmelfarb was born in Brooklyn, New York, and died in Washington, District of Columbia.
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Gertrude Himmelfarb
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Ms. Himmelfarb graduated from New Utrecht High School in Brooklyn, New York.
1922
BIRTH
Gertrude Himmelfarb was born in Brooklyn, New York, on August 8, 1922.
1939
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Ms. Himmelfarb studied Judaic literature at the Jewish Theological Seminary in Manhattan, New York, from 1939 until 1942.
1942
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Ms. Himmelfarb studied at Brooklyn College majoring in history, economics, and philosophy.
1952
LITWORK
Lord Acton: A Study in Conscience
Routledge & K. Paul
Nonfiction.
Routledge & K. Paul
Nonfiction.
1959
LITWORK
Darwin and the Darwinian Revolution
Chatto and Windus
Nonfiction.
Chatto and Windus
Nonfiction.
1968
LITWORK
Victorian Minds
Collection of essays. This book was nominated for a National Book Award.
Collection of essays. This book was nominated for a National Book Award.
1987
LITWORK
The New History and the Old
Belknap Press
0674615808 ISBN-13: 978-0674615809
Collection of essays.
Belknap Press
0674615808 ISBN-13: 978-0674615809
Collection of essays.
1994
LITWORK
On Looking Into the Abyss: Untimely Thoughts on Culture and Society
Knopf
0679428267 ISBN-13: 978-0679428268
Nonfiction.
Knopf
0679428267 ISBN-13: 978-0679428268
Nonfiction.
1999
LITWORK
One Nation, Two Cultures
Nonfiction.
Nonfiction.
2006
LITWORK
The Moral Imagination: From Edmund Burke to Lionel Trilling
Ivan R. Dee
Nonfiction.
Ivan R. Dee
Nonfiction.
2009
LITWORK
The Jewish Odyssey of George Eliot
Encounter Books
1594032513 ISBN-13: 978-1594032516
Nonfiction.
Encounter Books
1594032513 ISBN-13: 978-1594032516
Nonfiction.
2011
LITWORK
The People of the Book: Philosemitism in England, From Cromwell to Churchill
Encounter Books
1594035709 ISBN-13: 978-1594035708
History.
Encounter Books
1594035709 ISBN-13: 978-1594035708
History.
2017
LITWORK
Past and Present: The Challenges of Modernity, From the Pre-Victorians to the Postmodernists
Encounter Books
1594039259 ISBN-13: 978-1594039256
Nonfiction.
Encounter Books
1594039259 ISBN-13: 978-1594039256
Nonfiction.
2019
DEATH
Gertrude Himmelfarb died at her home in Washington, District of Columbia, on December 30, 2019.
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