Stanley Weintraub (April 17, 1929 – July 28, 2019) was an American historian and biographer and an expert on George Bernard Shaw. Early life Weintraub was born in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, on April 17, 1929. He was the eldest child of Benjamin and Ray Segal Weintraub. He attended South Philadelphia High School, and then he attended West Chester State Teachers College (now West Chester University of Pennsylvania) where he received his B.S. in education in 1949. He continued his education at Temple University where he received his master's degree in English "in absentia," as he was called to duty in the Korean War. He received a commission in the Army as a second lieutenant, and served with the Eighth Army in Korea, receiving a Bronze Star. After the war, he enrolled at Pennsylvania State University in September 1953; his doctoral dissertation "Bernard Shaw, Novelist" was accepted on May 6, 1956. Personal life He married Rodelle Horwitz in 1954; they had three children, and lived in Newark, Delaware. He died on July 28, 2019 at the age of 90. Career Except for visiting appointments, he remained at Penn State for all of his career, finally attaining the rank of Evan Pugh Professor of Arts and Humanities, with emeritus status on retirement in 2000. From 1970 to 1990 he was also Director of Penn State's Institute for the Arts and Humanistic Studies. Publications He was a prolific award-winning author: Private Shaw and Public Shaw: A Dual Portrait of Arabia and G. B. S.. London: Braziller, 1963. The Yellow Book, Quintessence of the Nineties. Ed. with an introd. by Stanley Weintraub. Garden City, NY: Doubleday 1964. The Art of William Golding (with Bernard S. Oldsey). New York: Harcourt, Brace & World, 1965. The Savoy: Nineties Experiment. University Park, Pennsylvania State University Press, 1966. Reggie: a Portrait of Reginald Turner. New York: G. Braziller, 1965. The Last Great Cause ; the Intellectuals and the Spanish Civil War. New York: Weybright and Talley, 1968. Journey to Heartbreak ; the Crucible Years of Bernard Shaw, 1914–1918. New York: Weybright and Talley, 1971. Beardsley: A Biography. London: Braziller, 1967. Received National Book Award nomination in 1967 Journey to Heartbreak: The Crucible Years of Bernard Shaw. New York: Weybright and Talley, 1971. Received the George Freedley Award from the American Theatre Library Association in 1971. Directions in Literary Criticism; Contemporary Approaches to Literature. Ed. by Stanley Weintraub & Philip