Английская Википедия:Alfred Alvarez Newman

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Шаблон:Short description Шаблон:Use dmy dates Шаблон:Infobox person Alfred Alvarez Newman (1851 – 21 January 1887), also known as Alfred Abraham,Шаблон:R was an English metalworker and art collector.

He was the founder of the picturesque Old English Smithy on Archer Street, Haymarket, which became a place of fashionable resort during the "London season."Шаблон:R Among his clients were the Dukes of Westminster and Norfolk, the Marquis of Northampton, Louisa de Rothschild, Coutts Lindsay, and Lawrence Alma-Tadema.Шаблон:R

Newman's interests included Anglo-Jewish history and archaeology, and was the author of several papers communicated to the Society of Architects and similar bodies.Шаблон:R He possessed a unique collection of Jewish prints and tracts bearing on these subjects,Шаблон:R which was acquired by Asher Isaac Meyers after his death.Шаблон:R

Newman was an organizer of the Anglo-Jewish Historical Exhibition of 1887, at which much of his collection was exhibited after his death,Шаблон:R and was among the first to give his support to the formation of the Jewish Historical Society of England, which was afterwards founded in 1893.Шаблон:R It was due largely to Newman's efforts that a proposal to demolish the Bevis Marks Synagogue was eventually defeated.Шаблон:R

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