ADLER, HERMANN (1839-1911 ) , British chief rabbi, born at Hanover on May 3o, 1839, the son of N. M. Adler, was educated at University College school and University college, Lon don, and then at Prague under Dr. Rapoport. After receiving the rabbinical diploma at Prague, he returned to England, to become temporary principal of the Jewish theological college in London for two years. With this college he was associated in one capac ity or another all his life. He began his ministry at the Bayswater synagogue in 1864, and continued to preach there until 1891, when he became chief rabbi on the death of his father. Dr. Adler was a prominent figure in English public life, and served on many Mansion House committees and on various bodies concerned with the improvement of social conditions in London. He died on July 18, 1911. A collection of his sermons, entitled Anglo-Jewish Memories and Other Sermons, was published in 1909.
His daughter, NETTY, sat on the London County Council for Central Hackney from 1910-25, and was deputy chairman of the council in 1922-23. She served on many committees in connec tion with social questions, but her principal work was done in education. She began her social work as a school manager under the local school board, was then co-opted a member of the London Education Committee 1905-10, and in the County Coun cil was closely connected with the administration of the schools. Apart from education, she was interested in the welfare of chil dren from all points of view, having been for many years joint honorary secretary on the committee for the protection of wage earning children, and a member of the London Advisory Council for Juvenile Employment.