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Nathan Adler
Nathan Adler

Nathan Marcus Adler

British rabbi and educator
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Jan. 15, 1803, Hanover [Germany]
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Jan. 21, 1890, Brighton, East Sussex, Eng. (aged 87)
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Nathan Marcus Adler (born Jan. 15, 1803, Hanover [Germany]—died Jan. 21, 1890, Brighton, East Sussex, Eng.) was the chief rabbi of the British Empire, who founded Jews’ College and the United Synagogue. Adler became chief rabbi of Oldenburg in 1829 and of Hanover in 1830. On Oct. 13, 1844, he was elected chief rabbi in London. There he originated and carried out his scheme for a Jewish college for teachers (Jews’ College, still in existence), which was founded in London on Nov. 11, 1855, with Adler himself as its first president. In 1860 he formulated a plan to establish a ...(100 of 112 words)

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