Manfred Weidhorn

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Born in 1931 in Vienna, Austria, and living during the next decade in Haifa, Antwerp, and Paris. Came ot the US in 1941. Raised in Brooklyn, attended Stuyvesant High school and Columbia College. Served in the US Army (Artillery). Earned graduate degrees in English from the University of Wisconsin (Madison) and from Columbia University. After teaching at the University of Alabama and at Brooklyn College, came to Yeshiva University in 1963. Made in 1988 the first occupant of the Abraham and Irene Guterman Chair in English. A former Danforth Associate, listed in OUTSTANDING EDUCATORS OF AMERICA. Published over seventy essays in scholarly journals, two books on seventeenth-century literature, four books on Churchill, three biographies for Young Adults, and one self-help book. Appeared many times on radio and television in conjunction with the writings. Lives in northern New Jersey with wife and two sons. Hobbies are swimming, chess, and architectural photography.