HERMANN MICHAEL KISCH (1850–1942) entered the Indian civil service in 1873 and rose to become
a deputy secretary to the government of India, postmaster-general of Bengal, and director-general
of the Indian post office and represented India at four international postal congresses. He returned
to England in 1904 and was active in Jewish affairs. His letters, A Young Victorian in India, were
edited by his daughter Ethel A. Waley Cohen and published in 1957 [1]