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Stanley Jack Rubinstein (17 January 1890 - 14 February 1975) was a solicitor who specialised in copyright law, a novelist and historian. == Biography == Rubinstein was born in Kensington, the eldest son of Joseph Samuel Rubinstein (1852-1915) and Isabella Alexandra Marks (1864-1960). He had two brothers, Harold (1891- 1975) and Ronald (1896-1947), and a sister Edna (born 1893).〔http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~wilcock/Gollinweb/p182.htm〕 Rubinstein followed his father as senior partner of the law firm Rubinstein, Nash & Co, where he also worked with his brothers Harold and Ronald at offices in Gray's Inn. His father had established the practice in 1889 with Daniel Leggatt, as Leggatt, Rubinstein & Co. The firm developed an expertise in publishing matters. Prior to World War I, he ran a concert party, "The Mixed Pickles", who entertained youth cubs in London.〔Desert Island Discs programme transcript, in BBC written archives〕 He wrote and performed songs, some of which were published.〔 Stanley Rubinstein married Vera Solomon in 1915. His daughter Joan and son Anthony also worked for the family law firm, as did his grandson John Rubinstein. The firm merged with Manches in 1994, and Penningtons bought Manches in a pre-pack administration in 2013. In 1924, he was a founder member and organising secretary of the Telephone Users' Protection Association.〔 〕 Writing to ''The Times'' in 1927, he gave his address as Wrenhope, Frogmill Farm, Hurley, Berkshire.〔 〕 In 1967, he sat on an appeal committee to raise funds to purchase one of Thomas Hudson's portraits of Handel (1756), for the National Portrait Gallery.〔 〕 The appeal was successful.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=NPG 3970; George Frideric Handel )〕 He was the chairman of Burke Publishing until 1975,〔 〕 and solicitor for the Henry Wood National Memorial Trust. He appeared as a "castaway" on the BBC Radio programme ''Desert Island Discs'' on 11 August 1969 where he discussed his proposals for introducing copyright protection for elaborated ideas.〔 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Stanley Rubinstein」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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