Karl Šorske (1915-2015) bio je profesor na Prinston Univerzitetu. Autor je sledećih dela: Fin-de-Siecle Vienna; German Social Democracy, 1905-1917: The Development of the Great Schism. Sa Tomasom Benderom (Thomas Bender) je uredjivao: Budapest and New York: Studies in Metropolitan Transformation, 1870-1930 i American Academic Culture in Transformation.