Category:Delissa Joseph

This is Nathaniel Delissa Isaac Joseph (1859–1927), known professionally as Delissa Joseph.

Joseph's birthplace is recorded variously, as Kensington, Bermondsey, Notting Hill and Surrey. His father was Isaac Solomon Joseph. He was educated at Jews' College, and designed "many" synagogues, including the one at Cardiff. He married Leah Alice Solomon, known as Lily Delissa Joseph, in 1887. He died on 10 or 11 January 1927 in a nursing home at Wimpole Street, Marylebone, and is buried in Willesden Jewish Cemetery. Sources and further details:

• Jewish Telegraphic Agency
• "Professional Jewry have sustained a severe loss", East London Observer, 15 January 1927, page 3, col.3.
• Joseph designed Belz Synagogue at Higher Broughton
• Joseph designed the Spanish & Portuguese Synagogue, West Didsbury, Manchester - now the Manchester Jewish Museum. See also, Architects of Greater Manchester.
• Joseph designed Fitz-George Avenue and Fitz-James Avenue, West Kensington. Also in West London: the Rembrandt and Coburg Court Hotels, Rutland Court and gardens, and Chelsea Court. (Source: "Well-known architect's work", Kensington News and West London Times, 14 January 1927, page 5 col.1)
• His photographic portrait and biography are in W.T. Pike, Contemporary Biographies (London), page 496.

Delissa Joseph 

British architect (1859-1927)
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Date of birth	1859 Bermondsey
Date of death	10 January 1927 Marylebone
Country of citizenship	United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland
Occupation	architect
Spouse	Lily Delissa Joseph (1887–)
Award received	Fellow of the Royal Institute of British Architects
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