Alexander Astor

Rabbi
Alexander Astor
OBE
Personal life
Born
Alexander Ostroff

(1900-08-11)11 August 1900
Helsinki, Finland
Died24 June 1988(1988-06-24) (aged 87)
Wellington, New Zealand
Religious life
ReligionJudaism

Alexander Astor OBE (11 August 1900 – 24 June 1988) was a New Zealand rabbi and community leader.[1]

In 1953, Astor was awarded the Queen Elizabeth II Coronation Medal.[2] In the 1968 Queen's Birthday Honours, he was appointed an Officer of the Order of the British Empire.[3]

References

  1. ^ Gluckman, Ann J. "Alexander Astor". Dictionary of New Zealand Biography. Ministry for Culture and Heritage. Retrieved 10 February 2012.
  2. ^ Taylor, Alister; Coddington, Deborah (1994). Honoured by the Queen – New Zealand. Auckland: New Zealand Who's Who Aotearoa. p. 51. ISBN 0-908578-34-2.
  3. ^ "No. 44602". The London Gazette (3rd supplement). 8 June 1968. p. 6340.


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