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Jewish Manchester: An Illustrated HistoryAuthor: Bill WilliamsJewish Manchester: An Illustrated HistoryJewish Manchester: An Illustrated History will narrate and interpret the development of the Jewish community from its foundation in the 1780s to the present day. This will embrace the earliest Jewish settlers (all of them ex-pedlars), immigration from Germany in the early 19th century, from Eastern Europe after 1840, and from Nazi Europe in the 1930s. PublisherBreedon Books ISBN9781859836156 Price in GBP£16.99 |
About the Author
BILL WILLIAMS was educated at Stonyhurst College and Trinity College, Cambridge. He has taught in schools and teacher-training colleges in Malaysia, Birmingham, Liverpool and Manchester. He was Director of the Manchester Studies Unit, Manchester Polytechnic 1975-80 and part-time lecturer at the Centre for Jewish Studies at the university from 1980 until retirement in 2006.
Founder of the Manchester Jewish Museum, he is now honorary president and historical adviser to the museum and an honorary fellow of the University.
