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54: 705: 1712: 1940: 687: 1951: 1123:] name is a non-profit outfit dedicated to promoting 'broader understanding of political, social and economic developments within and between the three countries'. It does so by convening meetings in different European capitals of businessmen, academics and journalists from the UK, France and Germany. 423:, they found that the post-war paper shortage made a book publishing concern more feasible, and the new firm was partly intended as a cover for the impractical magazine. Over the years, the firm published many outstanding titles, including the British edition of 551:(1988–95). He co-founded the Weidenfeld-Hoffmann Trust at Oxford University, one of the largest post-graduate scholarship programmes at Oxford. He also established the "Weidenfeld Safe Havens Fund", which intends to support Christians fleeing the 822:
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Weizmann's chief of staff, George Weidenfeld, a young Viennese who had recently founded his own publishing house in London, launched a campaign to convince the world that Israel should keep west Jerusalem.
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and renowned as a master networker. He was on good terms with popes, prime ministers and presidents and put his connections to good use for diplomatic and philanthropic ends.
2061: 1991: 1563: 2021: 2086: 1178: 507:, founded as The Club of Three in the 1990s, was established along with the Weidenfeld Scholarships and Leadership Programme at Oxford and, in 2010, he founded the 454:). Grove later merged with the New York division of Weidenfeld & Nicolson to form Grove Nicolson. In 1991 Weidenfeld & Nicolson's UK branch was sold to the 323: 2066: 1389: 1799: 1102: 1360: 647: 2016: 2081: 1833: 1986: 2011: 1016: 1879: 635: 2056: 901: 600: 162: 926: 1996: 1540: 1470: 651: 655: 327:(13 September 1919 – 20 January 2016) was a British publisher, philanthropist, and newspaper columnist. He was also a lifelong 659: 2051: 1884: 1747: 1052: 1083: 2091: 2001: 667: 552: 2026: 1497: 548: 1781: 1443: 1414: 1308: 960: 528: 369:
By 1942, he was a political commentator for the BBC and also wrote a weekly newspaper column, coming into contact with
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His third marriage was to Sandra Payson Meyer (1926–2004) in 1966. She was the daughter of Americans
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Immigrant Publishers: The Impact of Expatriate Publishers in Britain and America in the 20th Century
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as a result. In 1949, Weidenfeld served for a year as the political adviser and Chief of Cabinet to
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In 1985, Weidenfeld's publishing interests expanded to the United States, when he acquired the
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and became Orion's main non-fiction imprint, with Weidenfeld as non-executive chairman.
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He died in London on 20 January 2016, aged 96 and was honoured with burial on the
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memoirist, novelist and socialite, in 1956, who had previously been married to
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Knight Commander Cross of the Order of Merit of the Federal Republic of Germany
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Weidenfeld served in many philanthropic capacities including chairman of the
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Knights Commander of the Order of Merit of the Federal Republic of Germany
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Recipients of the Austrian Cross of Honour for Science and Art, 1st class
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He was a staunch supporter of Israel and was described as an "adamantine
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family, the only son of Max and Rosa Weidenfeld. Weidenfeld attended the
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Jewish emigrants from Austria after the Anschluss to the United Kingdom
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The IJP George Weidenfeld Bursary for British and German journalists
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477:. Weidenfeld was also joint chairman of the advisory board of the 405:. Intending to start an upmarket political magazine, a mix of the 1751: 1164: 1047:(1st American ed.). New York: Alfred A. Knopf. p. 578. 769: 732: 328: 1680:
The Maverick: George Weidenfeld and the Golden Age of Publishing
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In 1993, the American company, Grove Nicolson, merged with the
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Grand Officer of the Order of Merit of the Italian Republic
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Austrian Cross of Honour First Class for Arts and Science
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Knights Grand Cross of the Order of the British Empire
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Recipients of the Order of Merit of Baden-Württemberg
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Members of the European Academy of Sciences and Arts
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They divorced 10 years later in 1976. 703: 685: 2082:Social Democratic Party (UK) life peers 1590: 1498:"There Was Hardly Room to Admire Stars" 1415:"Mrs. Meyer Is Wed to London Publisher" 1014: 946: 469:In 2005 he arranged the publication of 85:25 June 1976 – 20 January 2016 14: 1969: 1667:Richard Abel and Gordon Graham, eds., 1003: 772:". Among his friends were politicians 343:, Austria, in 1919. He was born to an 58:Weidenfeld at a German-Jewish Dialogue 1885:NIH Oxford-Cambridge Scholars Program 1815: 1597:, politicos & a pope, dies at 96" 1532: 1441: 1387: 1078: 924: 757:His fourth and final marriage was to 634:. He was made an honorary senator of 558: 2017:Fellows of St Anne's College, Oxford 1987:20th-century British philanthropists 1539:Elizabeth Grice (24 February 2005). 1495: 1328: 553:Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant 392: 660:Order of Merit of Baden-Württemberg 481:in Oxford; adviser to the board of 319:George Weidenfeld, Baron Weidenfeld 24: 2057:Life peers created by Elizabeth II 1661: 1101:Danny Fortson (7 September 2007). 972: 842: 668:Polish Minister of Foreign Affairs 529:Ben Gurion University of the Negev 25: 2103: 1708:National Portrait Gallery, London 1697: 1591:Schudel, Matt (20 January 2016). 1262:, London, 21 January 2016, p. 25. 1226:. 9 December 1969. p. 12245. 1015:Pollard, Stephen (23 July 2015). 587:whip, in 1981 he defected to the 575:on 25 June 1976 taking the title 2012:Fellows of King's College London 1997:Book publishing company founders 1949: 1939: 1938: 1786:Institute for Strategic Dialogue 1442:Saxon, Wolfgang (25 July 2004). 1043:Sebag Montefiore, Simon (2011). 727:After their divorce, he married 681: 630:, and honorary D.Litt. from the 505:Institute for Strategic Dialogue 383:Hashemite Kingdom of Transjordan 359:British Broadcasting Corporation 252: 225: 196: 1642: 1624: 1584: 1517: 1496:Nemy, Enid (21 December 1976). 1489: 1463: 1435: 1388:Hoare, Liam (20 January 2016). 1381: 1329:Pick, Hella (20 January 2016). 1300: 1280: 1265: 1250: 1230: 1210: 1190: 1171: 1153: 906:and London Fixture, Dies at 96" 522: 277: 248: 221: 192: 1128: 1036: 925:Gross, Tom (20 January 2016). 918: 479:Blavatnik School of Government 385:after the two sides signed an 13: 1: 1926:National Institutes of Health 1682:. 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He received the 624:St Anne's College, Oxford 614:Further honours included 549:National Portrait Gallery 399:Weidenfeld & Nicolson 364: 312: 304: 296: 288: 171: 144: 136: 119: 102: 97: 93: 78: 67: 63: 51: 34: 1045:Jerusalem: The Biography 583:. Originally taking the 107:Arthur George Weidenfeld 1890:UK Fulbright Commission 794: 589:Social Democratic Party 571:in 1969, and created a 339:Weidenfeld was born in 300:Max and Rosa Weidenfeld 1774:among others. Details 1277:, 15 March 1988, p. 4. 830: 744:Charles Shipman Payson 713: 701: 595:in 1988 opted to join 511:of visiting chairs at 503:. 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He was appointed 509:Humanitas Programme 471:Memory and Identity 467:Grove/Atlantic Inc. 387:armistice agreement 238:Sandra Payson Meyer 41:The Lord Weidenfeld 1855:Rhodes Scholarship 1721:(1 January 1999). 1527:Rubinstein: A Life 1503:The New York Times 1449:The New York Times 1420:The New York Times 1366:The New York Times 1293:The London Gazette 1243:The London Gazette 1223:The London Gazette 1203:The London Gazette 1115:on 20 April 2013. 1090:on 4 October 2008. 911:The New York Times 799: 714: 702: 559:Awards and honours 533:Weizmann Institute 1964: 1963: 1748:George Weidenfeld 1651:Debrett's Peerage 1572:. 27 January 2016 1136:"About the Trust" 1054:978-0-307-59448-8 980:"Lord Weidenfeld" 856:. 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Index

George Weidenfeld
The Right Honourable
GBE

Member of the House of Lords
Lord Temporal
Life Peerage
Vienna
London
Labour
SDP
'Continuing' SDP
Barbara Skelton
Annabelle Whitestone
GBE
Zionist
Vienna
Austrian-Jewish
University of Vienna
Anschluss
British Broadcasting Corporation
General de Gaulle
Tito
Chaim Weizmann
Hashemite Kingdom of Transjordan
armistice agreement
Weidenfeld & Nicolson
Nigel Nicolson
New Statesman
Fortune

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