Nathan Marcus Adler
…Out of 13 candidates, mainly from Germany, he made the shortlist of four for the post of Chief Rabbi of the British Empire. The three others were: Samson Raphael Hirsch, Benjamin Hirsch Auerbach, and Hirsch Hirschfeld. With 135 communities voting—having one vote each—on 1 December 1844, Adler received 121 votes…