AKA Arthur George Weidenfeld

Born: 13-Sep-1919
Birthplace: Vienna, Austria
Died: 20-Jan-2016
Location of death: London, England
Cause of death: unspecified

Gender: Male
Religion: Jewish
Race or Ethnicity: White
Sexual orientation: Straight
Occupation: Publisher

Nationality: England
Executive summary: Co-Founder, Weidenfeld & Nicolson

Father: Max Weidenfeld
Mother: Rosa
Wife: Jane Sieff (m. 1952, div. 1953, one daughter)
Daughter: Laura
Wife: Barbara Skelton (m. 1956, div. 1961)
Wife: Sandra Payson Meyer (div.)
Wife: Annabelle Whitestone (m. 1992, until his death)

    University: University of Vienna
    Chairman: Ben Gurion University of the Negev (1996-2004)

    Weidenfeld & Nicolson Co-Founder (1948)
 
    Royal Opera House Trustee
    Weizmann Institute Governor
 
    Knighthood 1969
    Life Peerage 25-Jun-1976 as Baron Weidenfeld, of Chelsea

Author of books:
Remembering My Good Friends: An Autobiography (1994, memoir)

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