Toffler, Heidi, 1929-2019

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Information for Authority record

Name (Latin)
Toffler, Heidi, 1929-2019
Name (Arabic)
توفلر، هايدي، 1929-
Other forms of name
Farrell, Adelaide Elizabeth, 1929-2019
Farrell, Heidi, 1929-2019
Toffler, Heidi, 1929-
Date of birth
1929
Date of death
2019
Field of activity
Civilization, Modern--1950-
Forecasting
Social change
Social history--1945-
Occupation
Editors
Futurologists
Associated Language
eng
Gender
female
MARC
MARC

Other Identifiers

VIAF: 100970543
Wikidata: Q12766755
Library of congress: n 93068284
HAI10: 000278812
Sources of Information
  • New York times WWW site, viewed Feb. 13, 2019(in obituary published Feb. 12: Heidi Toffler; b. Aug. 1, 1929; her mother and her biological father divorced when she was very young; grew up in the Bronx as Adelaide Elizabeth Farrell, reared by her Dutch immigrant mother, Elizabeth Antonette Farrell, and her stepfather, William T. Farrell; acquired the nickname Heidi as a girl; m. Alvin Toffler, 1950 (d. 2016); moved to Cleveland, later to Charleston, W. Va., Washington, and New York; d. Feb. 6, Los Angeles, aged 89; researcher and editor who for decades served an essential though anonymous collaborative role alongside her celebrated husband in producing global best-selling books about the consequences of rapid change; spent years ignoring appeals from Mr. Toffler and her friends to take credit for her work publicly)
  • War and anti-war, c1993:CIP t.p. (Heidi Toffler) data sheet (b. 08-01-29)