Digital Victorian Periodical Poetry

Jewish journalist, barrister, editor, and poet. Born in Blackheath, London. Wrote poetry and edited a family newspaper as a child. Educated at City of London School and Christ’s College, Cambridge. Began practicing as a barrister in 1870. Contributed to The Times. Member of the Anglo-Jewish Association and Jewish Historical Society of England. Became co-owner of the Jewish Chronicle in 1878, and sole owner from 1902-1906. Editor of Jewish World (1873-1875). Married Jane Jaffe on 3 February 1880. Author of Sir Montefiore, A Biographical Sketch and The Jews in Roumania; A Short Statement of their Recent History and Present Situation (1872). Biographical information: Wellesley Index; BL; Venn, vol. 2, part 2, p. 248; David Cesarani, The Jewish Chronicle and Anglo-Jewry, 1841–1991 Cambridge University Press, 1994, pp. 67-102; Gladys and David Blank’s Genealogy, <http://blankgenealogy.com/getperson.php?personID=I429&tree=Blank1> (1 November 2021). (AC, CC)