Paul Kirschner obituary
(The Guardian Switzerland)

Paul Kirschner, who has died aged 87, was an academic and expert on the works of the writer Joseph Conrad. Born on the Lower East Side of New York, to a Polish father, Meyer Kirschner, a Western Union telegraph operator, and Russian mother, Ray Groner, who worked in a shirt factory, Paul studied and then taught literature at the City University of New York. Years later, when he was invited to a Danish royal wedding and told, `decorations may be worn`, his Phi Beta Kappa pin was to come in handy. Continue reading...