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Reading (EARL OF RUFUS DANIEL ISAACS)

EARL OF, RUFUS DANIEL ISAACS, Lord Chief Justice of England. Born in London, 1860, the son of a Jewish fruit dealer, he was edu- EARL OF READING cated in various universities of London, Brussels, and Hanover. After several years of traveling, he finally studied law.

Such was his success in the legal profession that in 1898 he became queen's counsel. In 1904 he was elected as a Liberal to the House of Commons. In 1910 he served as solicitor-general and attorney-general. Although accused of having speculated speculated in stock to the prejudice of his official duties, he was made REAGENT REALISM lord chief-justice in 1913 and elevated and massive in many localities, freto the peerage. In 1915 he came to quently associated with orpiment; on ex- America to negotiate the Anglo-French posure to light changes to orpiment. In loan, which he successfully accomplished. chemistry, AsS2. A sulphide of arsenic Upon the death of the British ambassador at Washington, Earl Reading was commissioned to take his place, where he remained until 1918, when he returned to England to resume his position as lord chief-justice. He was appointed Viceroy of India in 1920.