Nothing is as seductive as the assurance of success.
Gertrude Himmelfarb Quotes
The real movement of history, it turns out, is fueled not by matter but by spirit, by the will to freedom.
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| Birth: | 8th August, 1922 |
| Nationality: | American |
| Profession: | Historian, Writer |
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Gertrude Himmelfarb, also known as Bea Kristol was born in Brooklyn, New York City, USA. She is an American historian. She has been a leader of conservative interpretations of history and historiography. She has written extensively on intellectual history, with a focus on Britain and the Victorian era. She received her undergraduate degree from Brooklyn College in 1942 and her doctorate from the University of Chicago in 1950. She is a Fellow of the British Academy. She is a leading defender of traditional historical methods and practices. She has written several books include: Victorian minds, Darwin and the Darwinian Revolution, On liberty and liberalism, The idea of poverty, The new history and the old, On Looking Into the Abyss, The de-moralization of society, The Roads to Modernity, and The Spirit of the Age. In 2004 she received the National Humanities Medal awarded by the President.
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