Was considered by some as one, if not the greatest commentator on Jewish life of his day.
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His first play "The Children of the Ghetto" was written in 1892.
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Began as a school teacher in the East End of London.
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Founder and editor of the literary journal Ariel and The London Puck.
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Worked to help Jews trying to escape persecution in Czarist Russia.
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Founder of the Jewish Territorial Organization.
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Was an early champion of women suffrage.
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His wife, feminist author Edith Ayrton Zangwill (1875-1945), was the daughter of British physicists Hertha (1854-1923) and William Edward Ayrton (1847-1908). His son, Ayrton Israel Zangwill (1906-1985), was a metallurgical engineer. Another son, Oliver Louis Zangwill (1913-1987), was a noted British neuropsychologist.