Gilbert Felix

German-American historian whose main intellectual interests lie in the history of historical writing and in the relation between political thought and action. Educated in Germany, he published a monograph before emigrating to the U.S. in 1936; he became a naturalized citizen in 1943. His work draws on two cultural traditions, German historians and Anglo-American empiricism, exemplified in his history of modern international relations, "The End of the European Era," 1971. He died February 14, 1991 in Princeton, NJ, age 85. Link to Wikipedia biography Read less