EditorialIndia: The sarcophagus of Reverend Thomas Carr (1788 - 1859), the first bishop of Bombay (today Mumbai), St. Thomas Cathedral, Fort, Mumbai. Monument sculpted by Matthew Noble (1817 - 1876)
EditorialIndia: Bust of David Sassoon (1792 - 1864), Dr. Bhau Daji Lad Museum, Byculla, Mumbai. As a Baghdadi Jew and a wealthy entrepreneur, Sassoon was the leader of the Jewish community in Bombay
EditorialIndia: Statue of erstwhile merchant and leader of the Jewish community in Bombay, David Sassoon (October 1792 – November 7, 1864), Sassoon Library, Kala Ghoda, Fort, Mumbai
EditorialThe house in Chawton, England, on Dec. 13, 2014, where the author Jane Austen lived for eight years is now a museum dedicated to her life. She died in 1817. (Luke Wolagiewicz/The New York Times)
EditorialThe Rubbens Distillery, in Wichelen, Belgium, May 28, 2020, which now makes hand sanitizer in addition to gin, was founded in 1817, when the country was still part of the Netherlands. (Laetitia Vancon/The New York Times)