Victor Gollancz

Viktor Gollancz was born on April 9, 1893 in a Jewish family of Polish-German origin, the son of a wholesale jeweler, the nephew of two famous Jewish theologians - Rabbi Professor Sir Herman Gollancz and Professor Sir Israel Gollancz.

After studying at New College (Oxford), he began teaching at the school. He served in the British Army during the First World War.

Since 1917, he has been a member of the Reconstruction Committee, an organization that planned the economy of post—war Britain, where he met the publisher Ernest Benn, who attracted him to participate in his business.