Academic Background: Ph.D., History, Northwestern University, 1961; M.A., History, Northwestern University, 1957; B.A., History, City College of New York, 1955.
Research Interests: British history, Victorian era, and monarchy.
Appointments: Emeritus Professor, Department of History, University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign, 1998–present.
Publications: Author of Britain Yesterday and Today (Houghton Mifflin, 2000).