Frederic David Mocatta, 1828—1905

To be invited to be President of the Jewish Historical Society was, at any rate for me, not only an honour but also an embarrassment. It was an honour because of the many distin? guished and learned men who have held this office since Lucien Wolf became the first President in 1893. It was an embarrassment, not only because of the quality in the field of scholarship and historical research of previous Presidents, but, even more so, because your President is, on election, traditionally expected to read a paper resulting from some original research. This latter requirement led me in the first place to decline the invitation, but I was pressed and, probably too weakly, eventually consented, on its being suggested to me that I might read a paper on F. D. Mocatta, un? doubtedly the most distinguished holder of my patronymic there has been in this country. My father,

Written by

Alan Mocatta

Published in

Volume 23

1969

Other articles within the volume

• Anglo-Jewry in Caricature 1780—1850
• DR. CECIL ROTH
• Medieval Southampton and its Jews
• New light on the Selection of Jewish Children’s Names
• Emanuel Deutsch of “The Talmud” Fame
• Lord George Bentinck and the Jews
• The Changed Face of English Jewry at the end of the Eighteenth Century
• The Responsa of Dayan Jacob Reinowitz, 1818—1893
• The Amazing Clan of Buzaglo
• Frederic David Mocatta, 1828—1905
• Preface