Frankel, William

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Name (Latin)
Frankel, William
Date of birth
1917-02-03
Date of death
2008-04-18
Associated country
Great Britain
Occupation
Newspaper editors
Associated Language
eng
Gender
male
Biographical or Historical Data
Tea with Einstein, 2006: born 3 Feb. 1917 in London.
MARC
MARC

Other Identifiers

VIAF: 27095550
Wikidata: Q8009336
Library of congress: n 81004012
Sources of Information
  • Gown & tallith : in commemoration of the fiftieth anniversary of the founding of the Cambridge University Jewish Society, 1989:title page (William Frankel, CBE [Commander of the British Empire]) page 231 (manager and later editor of the Jewish Chronicle from 1955 to 1977)
  • Jewish Chronicle. Friday nights, 1973.
  • Times online WWW site, April 24, 2008(William Frankel, CBE; born February 3, 1917, in London; died April 18, 2008; editor who transformed the Jewish chronicle into a paper of international scope and was unafraid of provoking controversy)
  • Washington post, April 21, 2008, viewed online on April 21, 2008:page B06 (William Frankel; died April 18 [2008] at 91)
  • Jewish Chronicle.Friday nights, 1973.
  • Gown & tallith, c1989:t.p. (William Frankel, CBE [Commander of the British Empire]) p. 231 (manager, later editor of the Jewish Chronicle 1955-1977)
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Wikipedia description:

William Frankel (3 February 1917 – 18 April 2008) was the editor of the British weekly newspaper The Jewish Chronicle from 1958 until 1977. He wrote the books Friday Nights (1973), Israel Observed (1980), Survey of Jewish Affairs (1982–1992), and Tea With Einstein and Other Memories (2006).

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