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Michael Adler (doctor)
Michael Adler Distinguished Service Order, DSO, Royal Army Chaplains' Department, SCF (27 July 1868 – 30 September 1944) was an English Orthodox rabbi, an History of the Jews in England, Anglo-Jewish historian and author who was the first Jewish Royal Army Chaplains' Department, military chaplain to the British Army to serve in time of war, serving with the British Expeditionary Force (World War I), British Expeditionary Force on the Western Front (World War I), Western Front during the First World War from 1915 to 1918. He was responsible for the Star of David, Magen David being carved on the headstones of Jewish soldiers who died in wartime instead of the traditional Cross. Early life Born in Spitalfields in London in 1868, one of eight children of Dutch-born Betje (Betsey) née Van Der Poorten (1838–1883) and Abraham Joseph Adler (1828–1900), a Polish tailor, he was not related to the prominent rabbis Nathan Marcus Adler, Nathan Adler or Hermann Adler. Michael Adler ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Spitalfields
Spitalfields is a district in the East End of London and within the London Borough of Tower Hamlets. The area is formed around Commercial Street (on the A1202 London Inner Ring Road) and includes the locale around Brick Lane, Christ Church, Toynbee Hall and Commercial Tavern. It has several markets, including Spitalfields Market, the historic Old Spitalfields Market, Brick Lane Market and Petticoat Lane Market. It was part of the ancient parish of Stepney in the county of Middlesex and was split off as a separate parish in 1729. Just outside the City of London, the parish became part of the Metropolitan Board of Works area in 1855 as part of the Whitechapel District. It formed part of the County of London from 1889 and was part of the Metropolitan Borough of Stepney from 1900. It was abolished as a civil parish in 1921. Toponymy The name Spitalfields appears in the form ''Spittellond'' in 1399; as ''The spitel Fyeld'' on the "Woodcut" map of London of c.1561; and as ''Spy ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
