Katie Magnus

Katie Magnus, Lady Magnus (née Emanuel; 2 May 1844 – March 1924), was a British author and communal worker.

A Jew,^[1] she was born to E. Emanuel in Portsmouth, and married Sir Philip Magnus. She was a member of various committees of the Berkeley Street Synagogue, engaged in the Jews' Deaf and Dumb Home, and was a treasurer of the Jewish Girls' Club. She wrote several popular books, and also contributed with articles to several periodicals.

She died in London in March 1924.^[2]

Works

• Little Miriam's Bible Stories
• Holiday Stories
• About the Jews Since Bible Times (London, 1881)
• Salvage (1899)
• Outlines of Jewish History (1890)
• Jewish Portraits (1897)
• First Makers of England (London, 1901)
• A Book of Verse (1905)

References

1. William D. Rubinstein, Michael Jolles, Hilary L. Rubinstein, The Palgrave Dictionary of Anglo-Jewish History, Palgrave Macmillan (2011), p. 110
2. "International Jewish News". The Modern View. 28 March 1924. p. 4. Retrieved 1 January 2020 – via Newspapers.com.

 This article incorporates text from a publication now in the public domain: Singer, Isidore; et al., eds. (1901–1906). "Magnus, Lady Katie". The Jewish Encyclopedia. New York: Funk & Wagnalls.