Jul-19-10
 | | GrahamClayton: Jacob Schumer was the nephew of Dr Julius Perlis. |
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| Oct-30-12 | | wordfunph: "It is better to have checked and lost than never to have checked at all." - Dr. Jacob Schumer |
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Mar-19-18
 | | MissScarlett: <Jacob Schumer was the nephew of Dr Julius Perlis.> I read that too, although Jacob was around 10 years older. Not impossible, of course, but a bit icky, if the details are all correct. |
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Mar-21-18
 | | Tabanus: A travelling man who is away from England for long periods. I found no picture but according to Falkirk Herald there is one in "Internationale Galerie Moderner Problem-Komponisten", heft 5 (Vienna 1930), ed. by Hans Schaffer. My findings: 1897: Jacob Schumer married in Birmingham Jan-Feb-Mar 1897. Record on page: Matilda Josephine Myers (England & Wales Cicil Reg. Marriage Index) 1901: Two chess problems by “Dr. J. Schumer in Vöslau” in Wiener Schachzeitung 1901, p. 24 1902: Dr. Jacob Schumer, 33, Foreigner, on board SS "Inkosi" from London 11 Dec 1902 to Port Natal (= Durban) (UK Outward Passenger List) (probably on way to Johannesburg) 1905: Two chess problems by “Dr. J. Schumer, Johannesburg” in Schweizerische Schachzeitung 1905 (no. 449 p. 34 and no. 460 p. 57) 1910: <Schumer, Jacob, 127, High-st. Aldgate, & 7, New Goulston-st. Whitechapel, E.-M.D. Vienna, 1894; M.R.C.S., L.R.C.P. Lond. 1902; (Vienna).> (UK Medical Directory 1910) 1911: <Dr. Schumer, a distinguished problem composer, has just won the first prize in the “Mocatta Cup” Tournament at the City of London C.C.> (The Globe, 25 February 1911, p. 10) 1911 census Melrose Hodford road Hendon Middlesex: Jacob Schumer, 42, married 13 years, Doctor of Medicine; Matilda Josefine Schumer, Wife, 31, married 13 years; Eric Michael, 13; Hugo, 10> 1912: <... Jacob Schumer, an Alien, residing at "Melrose", Hodford Road, Golders Green in the County of Middlesex has presented to me, the Right Honourable Reginald McKenna, one of His Majesty's Principal Secretaries of State, a Memorial, praying for a Certificate of Naturalization, and alleging that he is a Subject of Austria, having been born at Kamiouka, Strumilowa in the Province of Galicia, on the 8th January 1869, and is the son of Isaac and Theresa Schumer, both subjects of Austria - a Physician and Surgeon - ...> (UK Certificate of Naturalization, 9 May 1912) 1914: Shared 5th place in the British Championship in Chester, August 1914 |
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Mar-21-18
| | Tabanus: (cont.)
1915: <Schumer, Jacob, "Melrose", Hodford-rd. Golders Green, N. W. (Tel. Hampstead 6940) - M.D. Vienna 1894; M.R.C.S., L.R.C.P. Lond. 1902; (Vienna); late Ho. Surg. Caroline Childr. Hosp.> (UK Medical Directory 1915) 1928 (publ.): <AN AMUSING NEW CHESS BOOK. We have received from Printing-Craft, 34, Red Lion Street, W.C.r, a copy of Dr. Schumer’s curiously named “Chesslets.” As Mr. W. H. Watts remarks in his Introduction, it will be welcomed by the player to whom Chess is a recreation only. The games are annotated with quotations from poets and philosophers of all the ages, and, except for a few slips of the pen, they are accurate, apt, and amusing. There is a good collection of the author’s problems, and a very interesting chapter on stalemate in master-play. The letterpress and diagrams have the clearness and elegance we expect from the publishers, and altogether Dr. Schumer’s “Comicbudget” is well worth the six shillings it costs.> (Illustrated London News, 4 May 1929) 1932: <Schumer Jacob of 107 Hodford-road Golders Green Middlesex died 14 December 1932 Probate London 14 January to Matilda Josephine Schumer widow. Effects L 40.> <GOLDERS GREEN. WREATHS FROM CHESS CLUBS. Colleagues’ Tributes to the Late Dr. Jacob Scbumer. The funeral of Dr. Jacob Schumer, of 107, Hodford-road, Golders Green, the noted chess expert, took place at Golders Green Crematorium, last Friday. The principal mourners were Mrs. Schumer and her two sons, and there were a number of friends of the late doctor present. The service was conducted in the Crematorium Chapel by the Rev. Leslie Edgar, of the Liberal Jewish Synagogue, St. John’s Wood. Among the wreaths were flowers from members of the National Liberal Club Chess Circle, and members of the City of London Chess Club (“With deepest svmpathv and affectionate remembrance”).> (Hendon & Finchley Times, 23 December 1932, p. 15) <Obituary: Dr J. Schumer, London: We deeply regret to hear of the death of this cultured literateur and exponent of chess - an old friend and frequent contributor of ours. Last Thursday London “News Chronicle” announced the doctor’s sad death thus: — “The death has taken place the age of 63 of Dr J. Schumer, for many years chess editor of the old ‘Westminster Gazette’ and special correspondent for the ‘News Chronicle’ at many recent chess tournaments. He was a very well known figure in the chess world, a fine problem composer, and, in his prime, a very strong player. “His last book on chess, ‘Chesslets,’ was an ingenious composition in which every move in the games recorded was accompanied by a quotation which illustrated the compiler’s extraordinarily wide reading. Ho was for a short time match captain of the National Liberal Club chess team till ill-health forced him to resign. “He died at his house, 107 Hodford Road, Golders Green, of asthma and heart trouble. “A very kindlv, unassuming, and cultured man, he will be much missed by a wide circle of friends.”> (Linlithgowshire Gazette, 23 December 1932, p. 8) |
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Mar-21-18
| | Tabanus: When Lasker visited London Chess Club in 1912, it was Dr. J. Schumer who welcomed him because he could speak German. I read that somewhere today, but cannot find it again. |
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