Laurie Magnus (5 August 1872 – 28 April 1933) was an

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author, journalist, and publisher.

Biography

Magnus was born in London to

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parents

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and Sir

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. He was educated at St Paul's School, and graduated with a

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from

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, where he read

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. He was the Berlin correspondent of the London ''

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'' (1896–1900) and leader-writer for the same paper. By 1904, he was a joint managing director of

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. Magnus edited a series of ''Secondary Education Text-Books'' for the publishing house of John Murray, published ''A Primer of Wordsworth'', translated the first volume of ''Greek Thinkers'' (from the German of

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), and edited ''Prayers from the Poets'' and ''Flowers of the Cave'' (in conjunction with

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). He also wrote ''Aspects of the Jewish Question'' (1902), reprinted and enlarged from the ''

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''. Magnus unsuccessfully ran as a Unionist for Bristol North in the December 1910 British general election, and was a

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in the

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during

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. He was active in Jewish communal life as a

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of the

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, a member of the council of

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, and president of the Union of Jewish Literary Societies.

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References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Magnus, Laurie 1872 births 1933 deaths Royal Defence Corps officers British Army personnel of World War I Military personnel from London 19th-century English Jews 19th-century English writers 20th-century English Jews 20th-century English writers Alumni of Magdalen College, Oxford British Reform Jews Jewish English writers English publishers (people) Jewish non-fiction writers People educated at St Paul's School, London

Laurie Laurie may refer to: Places * Laurie, Cantal, France, a commune * Laurie, Missouri, United States, a village * Laurie Island, Antarctica Music * Laurie Records, a record label * ''Laurie'' (EP), a 1992 album by Daniel Johnston * "Laurie (Stran ...