| AdminHistory | Albert Montefiore Hyamson, civil servant and historian; an observant Jew, active in Ango-Jewish intellectual life and initially in the Zionist movement, but became anti-Zionist while an official in Palestine under the British Mandate. Born London, 1875; educated at Swansea Grammar School and Beaufort College, St Leonards; entered British Civil Service (Post Office), 1895; Editor, Jewish Literary Annual, 1903-06; Joint Hon Secretary, Whitehall Conference Celebration, 1906; married Marie Rose Lavey, 1911; Joint Editor, 'Zionist Review', 1917-19; Director, Dept of Immigration, Government of Palestine, 1921-1934; OBE, 1931; Joint Editor, 'Vallentine's Jewish Encyclopdia', 1938; Editor, 'Jewish Year Book', 1940-50; Vice-President, Editor of Publications, President (1945-1947), Jewish Historical Society of England; Secretary, Vice-President, Union of Jewish Literary Societies; Vice-President, Jewish Book Council; Archives Committee member, Spanish and Portuguese Jewish Community; Executive Committee member, Anglo-Jewish Tercentenary Council; Executive Committee member, Jewish Society for Human Service; Editorial Board member, 'Journal of Jewish Studies'; Council and Executive Committee member, Treasurer, Palestine Exploration Fund; Hon Member, Jericho Excavation Fund; Treasurer, British School of Archology in Jerusalem; Fellow, Royal Historical Society; died 1954. Publications include: 'The Story of the Whitehall Conference and the Return of the Jews to England' (1905); 'A History of the Jews in England' (1908); 'The Jubilee of Jewish Emancipation in England' (1908); 'Humour of the Post Office' (1909); 'Elizabethan Adventurers on the Spanish Main' (1911); 'The Buccaneers of the Spanish Main' (1912); 'A Dictionary of Universal Biography', (1915); 'Palestine: The Rebirth of an Ancient People' (1917); 'A Dictionary of English Phrases' (1922); 'Palestine, Old and New' (1928); 'Judas Maccabaeus' (1935); 'David Salomons' (1939); 'The British Consulate in Jerusalem' (1939-1941); 'Palestine: a Policy' (1942); 'A Dictionary of International Affairs' (1946); 'Anglo-Jewish Notabilities' (1949); 'Palestine under the Mandate' (1950); 'The Sephardim of England' (1951), 'Jews' College, London, 1855-1955' (1955); contributor to 'Dictionary of National Biography', 'Encyclopdia of Religion and Ethics', 'Quarterly Review'. |