Please note that the content of this book primarily consists of articles available from Wikipedia or other free sources online. Rachel Beer (1858-1927), granddaughter of David Sassoon, was editor of The Observer (1891-1904) and owner-editor of The Sunday Times (1893-1904). Rachel was born in Bombay to Sassoon David Sassoon, a member of a prominent Jewish family of merchants who made their fortune in trade with the Far East. As a young woman, she volunteered as a nurse in a hospital before marrying Frederick Arthur Beer in 1887. Frederick soon suffered from an illness that changed his personality and led to his early death.