Schindler, Bruno, b. 1882

Born in Leschnitz (now Lesnica, Poland) on October 16, 1882, the educator and sinologist Bruno Schindler emigrated to Great Britain in 1933 and died in London on July 29, 1964. He was the editor and head of the publishing firm Lund Humphries & Co. Ltd., as well as founder and editor of the journal Asia Major and the co-founder and publisher of the journal Islamica, Caucausica, and Armenica . During a visit to Shanghai in 1913, he helped to found a Jewish community there.

As a reporter for Reuters, James Heckscher (born 1834 in Hamburg, Germany) worked early in his career in the United States and eventually represented Reuters in the press gallery of the English House of Commons. He became a naturalized English citizen and was prominent in British society. He died in London in 1909.

From the guide to the Bruno Schindler Collection, 1867-1967, (Leo Baeck Institute Archives)