MYERS, ASHER ISAAC

MYERS, ASHER ISAAC
MYERS, ASHER ISAAC (1848–1902), British journalist. Born in London, Myers started in the clothing trade and then became publisher of the Jewish Record. In 1869 he joined the Jewish Chronicle, later becoming general manager. After the death of the editor, abraham benisch , in 1878, he achieved editorial control and part-ownership, and conducted the paper successfully until 1902, broadening its contents to include more cultural material. He also engaged widely in Jewish communal service. In 1874 he published The Jewish Directory, the first British compilation of its kind. -ADD. BIBLIOGRAPHY: D. Cesarani, The Jewish Chronicle and Anglo-Jewry, 1841–1991 (1994).

Encyclopedia Judaica. 1971.

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