Background
WEIDENFELD, Arthur George Weidenfeld was born on September 13, 1919 in Vienna, Austria. Son of the late Max Weidenfeld and Rosa (nee Eisenstein-ish Horowitz) Weidenfeld.
WEIDENFELD, Arthur George Weidenfeld was born on September 13, 1919 in Vienna, Austria. Son of the late Max Weidenfeld and Rosa (nee Eisenstein-ish Horowitz) Weidenfeld.
Piaristen Gymnasium, Vienna, University of Vienna and Konsular Akademie.
Adviser and Chief of Cabinet of President Weizmann of Israel 1949-1950. Founder of Contact Magazine 1945, George Weidenfeld & Nicolson Limited 1948. Chairman George Weidenfeld & Nicolson Limited. since 1948, Wheatland Corporation, New York since 1985, Grove Press, New York since 1985, Wheatland Foundation, San Francisco and New York since 1985, J. M. Dent since 1987.
Vice-chairman Board of Governors, Ben Gurion University of the Negev, Israel.
Government of TelAviv University, Weizmann Institute, Bezalel Art Academy, Jerusalem. President BritishIsrael Public Affairs Committee.
Vice-Chairman Zionist Federation Great Britain. Director Great Universal Stores Europe AG 1990. and holder of many other public posts.
Trustee National Portrait Gallery since 1988.
Honorary Doctor of Philosophy (Ben Gurion University).
South Bank Board since 1986. Board English National Opera since 1988.
Married 1st Jane Sieff in 1952, one daughter. Married 2nd Barbara Skelton Connolly in 1956 (divorced in 1961). Married 3rd Sandra Payson Meyer in 1966 (divorced in 1976).