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Laurie Magnus
1872–1933
A prolific English man of letters, he moved easily between journalism, publishing, and literary reference works. His career linked the worlds of newspapers, education, and Jewish intellectual life in late Victorian and early 20th-century Britain.
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The West Riding Territorials in the Great War
by Laurie Magnus
About the author
Born in London in 1872, Laurie Magnus was educated at St Paul's School and Magdalen College, Oxford. He became known as an author, journalist, and publisher, and worked as the Berlin correspondent of the Morning Post before later writing leaders for the paper.
Magnus also played an important role in publishing. Early in the 1900s he was associated with George Routledge & Sons, and he went on to edit and compile substantial reference and educational works. His books ranged from studies of poetry and European literature to writing on Jewish history and public questions, showing how widely he read and how comfortably he wrote for general audiences.
He was the son of Sir Philip Magnus and came from a family active in British Jewish public life. That background shaped part of his writing, especially his work on Jewish themes, while his broader literary and editorial career made him a familiar figure in British intellectual circles until his death in 1933.