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'''David Francis Kessler''', OBE, (6 June 1906 - 24 November 1999) was a British publisher and author. He was the managing director of ''[[The Jewish Chronicle]]''.
  
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==Early life==
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David Kessler was born on 6 June 1906 in [[Pretoria]], South Africa.<ref name="theguardianobit">{{cite news|last1=Paul|first1=Geoffrey|title=David Kessler|url=https://www.theguardian.com/news/1999/dec/01/guardianobituaries|accessdate=October 23, 2016|work=The Guardian|date=December 1, 1999}}</ref><ref name="theindependentobit">{{cite news|last1=Finkelstone|first1=Joseph|title=Obituary: David Kessler|url=https://www.independent.co.uk/arts-entertainment/obituary-david-kessler-1129582.html|accessdate=October 23, 2016|work=The Independent|date=November 29, 1999}}</ref><ref name="cesarani158">{{cite book|last1=Cesarani|first1=David|title=The Jewish Chronicle and Anglo-Jewry, 1841-1991|date=1994|publisher=Cambridge University Press|location=Cambridge, U.K.|isbn=9780521434348|oclc=27146108|page=158}}</ref> His father, [[Leopold Kessler (Zionist)|Leopold Kessler]], was a friend of [[Theodor Herzl]], an early proponent of [[Zionism]], and a shareholder of ''The Jewish Chronicle''.
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Kessler was educated at [[Leighton Park School]] in [[Reading, Berkshire|Reading]] before graduating from the [[University of Cambridge]], where he earned a bachelor's degree in law and economics.<ref name="theguardianobit"/><ref name="theindependentobit"/><ref name="cesarani158"/>
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==Career==
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Kessler began his career by working for [[Antonin Besse]],<ref name="cesarani158"/> an oil and shipping businessman with ties to the [[Royal Dutch Shell]] in [[Aden]], Yemen.<ref name="theguardianobit"/> He subsequently worked for the [[Palestine Potash Company]], later known as the [[Dead Sea Works]], in Jerusalem.<ref name="theguardianobit"/><ref name="theindependentobit"/><ref name="cesarani158"/>
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Kessler became the managing director of ''[[The Jewish Chronicle]]'' in London in 1935.<ref name="theguardianobit"/> In 1946, he dismissed the editor, [[Ivan Greenberg]], who was deemed too divisive.<ref name="theguardianobit"/> Instead, he appointed [[John Maurice Shaftesley]], who remained in the post until 1958, when he hired [[William Frankel]].<ref name="theindependentobit"/>
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Kessler wrote two books.<ref name="theguardianobit"/> He was a founding member of the [[Minority Rights Group]].<ref name="theguardianobit"/> He served as the chairman of the [[Falasha Welfare Association]] and the [[Wiener Library for the Study of the Holocaust and Genocide|Wiener Library]] in London.<ref name="theguardianobit"/><ref name="theindependentobit"/> He became OBE in 1996.<ref name="theguardianobit"/><ref name="theindependentobit"/>
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==Personal life and death==
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Kessler had a wife, Matilda, a son ([[Charles Kessler]]), and three daughters.<ref name="theguardianobit"/> They lived in Stoke Hammond, Buckinghamshire, England, where he died on 24 November 1999.<ref name="theguardianobit"/><ref name="theindependentobit"/>
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==Works==
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*{{cite book|last1=Kessler|first1=David|title=The Falashas: A Short History of the Ethiopian Jews|date=1996|publisher=Frank Cass|location=London|isbn=9780714646466|oclc=33078505|url-access=registration|url=https://archive.org/details/falashas00davi}}
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*{{cite book|last1=Kessler|first1=David|title=The Rothschilds and Disraeli in Buckinghamshire|date=1996|publisher=Rothschild Waddesdon|location=Aylesbury, Buckinghamshire, U.K.|isbn=9780952780908|oclc=54503723}}
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==Further reading==
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*{{cite book|last1=Crown|first1=Alan D.|title=Noblesse Oblige: Essays in Honour of David Kessler OBE|date=1998|publisher=[[Vallentine Mitchell]] |location=London|isbn=9780853033561|oclc=38549790}}
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==Affiliations==
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*[[Jewish Chronicle]]
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*[[Kessler Foundation]] Resigned on 31 December 1991
 
==Related==
 
==Related==
 
*[[Leopold Kessler (Zionist)]] - Father
 
*[[Leopold Kessler (Zionist)]] - Father
*[[Charles Kessler (Kessler Foundation (UK)]] - Son - born July 1952
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*[[Charles Kessler (Kessler Foundation)]] - Son - born July 1952
*[[Michael Simon Kessler (Kessler Foundation (UK)]] - born December 1972
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*[[Michael Simon Kessler (Kessler Foundation)]] - born December 1972
 
*[[Marcus David Kessler]] - born June 1992
 
*[[Marcus David Kessler]] - born June 1992
  
 
==Notes==
 
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(born June 1906) David Francis Kessler, OBE, (6 June 1906 - 24 November 1999) was a British publisher and author. He was the managing director of The Jewish Chronicle.

Early life

David Kessler was born on 6 June 1906 in Pretoria, South Africa.[1][2][3] His father, Leopold Kessler, was a friend of Theodor Herzl, an early proponent of Zionism, and a shareholder of The Jewish Chronicle.

Kessler was educated at Leighton Park School in Reading before graduating from the University of Cambridge, where he earned a bachelor's degree in law and economics.[1][2][3]

Career

Kessler began his career by working for Antonin Besse,[3] an oil and shipping businessman with ties to the Royal Dutch Shell in Aden, Yemen.[1] He subsequently worked for the Palestine Potash Company, later known as the Dead Sea Works, in Jerusalem.[1][2][3]

Kessler became the managing director of The Jewish Chronicle in London in 1935.[1] In 1946, he dismissed the editor, Ivan Greenberg, who was deemed too divisive.[1] Instead, he appointed John Maurice Shaftesley, who remained in the post until 1958, when he hired William Frankel.[2]

Kessler wrote two books.[1] He was a founding member of the Minority Rights Group.[1] He served as the chairman of the Falasha Welfare Association and the Wiener Library in London.[1][2] He became OBE in 1996.[1][2]

Personal life and death

Kessler had a wife, Matilda, a son (Charles Kessler), and three daughters.[1] They lived in Stoke Hammond, Buckinghamshire, England, where he died on 24 November 1999.[1][2]

Works

Further reading

  • Noblesse Oblige: Essays in Honour of David Kessler OBE. 1998.  Vallentine Mitchell . ISBN 9780853033561.

Affiliations

Related

Notes

  1. 1.00 1.01 1.02 1.03 1.04 1.05 1.06 1.07 1.08 1.09 1.10 1.11 David Kessler. December 1, 1999. 
  2. 2.0 2.1 2.2 2.3 2.4 2.5 2.6 Obituary: David Kessler. November 29, 1999. 
  3. 3.0 3.1 3.2 3.3 The Jewish Chronicle and Anglo-Jewry, 1841-1991. 1994.  Cambridge University Press . ISBN 9780521434348.