Walter Leonard Arnstein (14 May 1930 – 6 October 2019) was a German-born American historian who was Professor of History Emeritus and Jubilee Professor of the Liberal Arts and Sciences Emeritus at the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign from 1968–98. He specialised in the history of Victorian Britain.[1][2]
Arnstein was born in Stuttgart into a Jewish family.[3] They immigrated to the United States in 1939 and became U.S. citizens in 1942. His father, Richard, was a shipping clerk. Arnstein adopted the middle name "Leonard" in honor of American conductor Leonard Bernstein.[4]
Arnstein graduated magna cum laude from the City College of New York in 1951 and earned a Master of Arts from Columbia University in 1954. He was a Fulbright Scholar at the University of London and in 1961 earned his doctorate in History at Northwestern University in 1961.[4]
From 1951–53, he served in the U.S. Army during the Korean War as an assistant battalion supply sergeant in an anti-aircraft battalion.[4]
In 2001, he received a festschrift in his honor, titled Splendidly Victorian, and edited by Michael Shirley and Todd Larson.[5]
He married Charlotte Sutphen in 1952. He died in 2019 in Urbana.[4]
Selected publications
- The Bradlaugh Case: A Study in Late Victorian Opinion and Politics (1965, 1984)
- Britain, Yesterday and Today: 1830 to the Present (1966, 2018)
- Queen Victoria (2003)[6]
References
- ^ "Arnstein, Walter Leonard". Encyclopedia.com.
- ^ "Walter L. Arnstein". Midwest Victorian Studies Association. June 28, 2015.
- ^ New York, U.S., State and Federal Naturalization Records, 1794–1943
- ^ a b c d "Senate Resolution Honoring Dr. Walter L. Arnstein". State Record. State Assembly. October 2019. Retrieved May 7, 2024.
- ^ Shirley, Michael; Larson, Todd (2017). Splendidly Victorian: Essays in Nineteenth- and Twentieth-Century British History in Honour of Walter L. Arnstein. doi:10.4324/9781315203492. ISBN 9781315203492.
- ^ Paquette, Jean (January 1, 2004). "Queen Victoria". History: Reviews of New Books. 32 (3): 105. doi:10.1080/03612759.2004.10528671. S2CID 147058340 – via Taylor and Francis+NEJM.
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