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'''Walter Leonard Arnstein''' (1930-2019) 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 at Urbana-Champaign. He specialised in the history of [[Victorian Britain]].<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.encyclopedia.com/religi...d-maps/arnstein-walter-leonard|title=Arnstein, Walter Leonard|website=Encyclopedia.com}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.midwestvictorian.org/2015/06/walter-l-arnstein.html|title=Walter L. Arnstein|website=Midwest Victorian Studies Association|date=June 28, 2015 }}</ref> | '''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 at Urbana-Champaign from 1968–1998. He specialised in the history of [[Victorian Britain]].<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.encyclopedia.com/religi...d-maps/arnstein-walter-leonard|title=Arnstein, Walter Leonard|website=Encyclopedia.com}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.midwestvictorian.org/2015/06/walter-l-arnstein.html|title=Walter L. Arnstein|website=Midwest Victorian Studies Association|date=June 28, 2015 }}</ref> |
Arnstein was born in Stuttgart into a Jewish family. 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]].<ref name="res">{{cite news |title=Senate Resolution Honoring Dr. Walter L. Arnstein |url=https://www.ilga.gov/legislation/101/SR/10100SR0744.htm |access-date=7 May 2024 |work=State Record |publisher=State Assembly |date=October 2019}}</ref> | Arnstein was born in Stuttgart into a Jewish family.<ref> ''New York, U.S., State and Federal Naturalization Records, 1794–1943''</ref> 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]].<ref name="res">{{cite news |title=Senate Resolution Honoring Dr. Walter L. Arnstein |url=https://www.ilga.gov/legislation/101/SR/10100SR0744.htm |access-date=7 May 2024 |work=State Record |publisher=State Assembly |date=October 2019}}</ref> |
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.<ref name="res"/> | |
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.<ref name="res"/> | |
In 2001, he received a ''[[festschrift]]'' in his honor, titled ''Splendidly Victorian'', and edited by Michael Shirley and Todd Larson.<ref>{{Cite book|url=https://www.taylorfrancis.com/books...-todd-larson-michael-shirley|title=Splendidly Victorian: Essays in Nineteenth- and Twentieth-Century British History in Honour of Walter L. Arnstein|first1=Michael|last1=Shirley|first2=Todd|last2=Larson|year=2017 |doi=10.4324/9781315203492|isbn=9781315203492 }}</ref> | In 2001, he received a ''[[festschrift]]'' in his honor, titled ''Splendidly Victorian'', and edited by Michael Shirley and Todd Larson.<ref>{{Cite book|url=https://www.taylorfrancis.com/books...-todd-larson-michael-shirley|title=Splendidly Victorian: Essays in Nineteenth- and Twentieth-Century British History in Honour of Walter L. Arnstein|first1=Michael|last1=Shirley|first2=Todd|last2=Larson|year=2017 |doi=10.4324/9781315203492|isbn=9781315203492 }}</ref> |
He married Charlotte Sutphen in 1952. He died in 2019 in Urbana.<ref name="res"/> | |
==Selected publications== | ==Selected publications== |
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== References == | == References == |
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==External links== | |
*[https://www.owensfuneralhomes.com/obituary/Walter-Arnstein Obituary for Walter Arnstein | Owens Funeral Home] | |
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