| AdminHistory | Philip Magnus, born in London, second of the five children of Jacob Magnus, a tailor and later a wine merchant, and his wife, Caroline Barnett, 1842; educated at Poland Street Academy, 1850-1854, and University College School, 1854-1858; degree in arts and science, University College London, 1858-1864; attended Berlin University, 1864-1866; assistant minister of the West London Synagogue of British Jews, 1866-1880; tutored private students in mathematics, mechanics, and physics; lectured in applied mathematics at University College London and at University College School and University College Hospital; visiting lecturer in the theory and practice of education at Stockwell Training College; married his second cousin Katie Emanuel, 1870; organizing secretary and director of the City and Guilds of London Institute, 1880-1915; member of the Royal Commission on Technical Instruction, 1881-1884; knighted 1886; responsible for inclusion of a faculty of engineering at the reconstructed London University in 1889; served on the London school board, 1890-1891; moved to Chilworth, Surrey, 1893; Fellow of London University and Member of the Senate, 1898-1931; MP for London University, 1906-1922; created baronet, 1917; Vice-President of Council and Chairman, Royal Society of Arts, 1927-1928; examiner and President of Council, College of Preceptors; member of the executive committee of the National Association for the Promotion of Technical and Secondary Education; served on the committee which reported in favour of the creation of the Imperial College of Science and Technology; Trustee, City Parochial Charities and Mitchell Charity; Member of Education Committee, Surrey CC; President of University of London Unionist Association; Governor of Royal Grammar School, Guildford, Northampton Polytechnic, and other institutions; Chairman of the Council of the West London Synagogue; Vice-President, Board of Deputies of British Jews; Vice-President, Anglo-Jewish Association; Vice-President, Jews' College; Chairman, Jewish War Memorial Council; one of the founders of the anti-Zionist League of British Jews; died 1933. Publications include: 'Lessons in Elementary Mechanics' (1875); 'Educational Aims and Efforts, 1880-1910' (1910); entry on technical education in the eleventh edition of the 'Encyclopaedia Britannica'. Katie Magnus, born in Portsmouth, daughter of Emanuel Emanuel, a goldsmith and the first Jewish mayor of Portsmouth, and his wife, Julia Moss, 1844; taught at the Portsmouth sabbath school and synagogue and at West London Synagogue and the Bayswater Jewish schools; founded the Jewish Girls' Club in the East End, 1886; assisted Lily Montagu at the West Central Girls' Club, 1893; involved with several philanthropic causes within the Jewish community, including the ladies' committee of the Jews' Deaf and Dumb Home and the Jewish Home for Incurables; active in the Jewish Association for the Protection of Girls and Women; died 1924. Publications include: 'About the Jews in Bible Times (1881); 'Outlines of Jewish History' (1886); 'Jewish Portraits' (1888); traditional and historical tales for young readers (some under the nom de plume H N); and articles for journals such as the 'National Review', the 'Westminster Gazette', and the 'Jewish Chronicle'. |