Editing Herbert Beerbohm Tree (section)

==Early life and career==
Born in [[Kensington]], London as '''Herbert Draper Beerbohm''', Tree was the second son and second child of Julius Ewald Edward Beerbohm (1810–1892) and his wife Constantia ({{nee|Draper}}) Beerbohm. The senior Beerbohm was of Lithuanian origin;{{refn|Although the Beerbohms were supposed by some to be of Jewish descent,<ref>[[Rubinstein, William D.]], Michael Jolles, and [[Hilary L. Rubinstein]]. 2011. ''[https://books.google.com/books?id=hJc8afOZV0QC&q=beerbohm The Palgrave Dictionary of Anglo-Jewish History]''. Basingstoke: Palgrave Macmillan. p. 64. {{ISBN|9781403939104}}</ref> on looking into the question in his later years, Max Beerbohm told a biographer, "I should be delighted to know that we Beerbohms have that very admirable and engaging thing, Jewish blood. But there seems to be no reason for supposing that we have. Our family records go back as far as 1668, and there is nothing in them compatible with Judaism".<ref>Hall, N. John, ''Max Beerbohm – A Kind of Life'', New Haven: Yale University Press, 2002, p. 226</ref>|group= n}} he had come to the United Kingdom in about 1830 and set up and prospered as a [[cereal]] merchant. Draper was an Englishwoman. They had four children.<ref name=times/> Tree's younger brother was the author and explorer [[Julius Beerbohm]], and his sister was author [[Constance Beerbohm]]. A younger half-brother was the parodist and caricaturist [[Max Beerbohm]], born from their father's second marriage.<ref name=DNB>{{cite ODNB|last=Kachur|first=B. A.|id=36549|title=Tree, Sir Herbert Beerbohm (1852–1917) }}</ref> Max jokingly claimed that Herbert added the "Tree" to his name because it was easier for audiences than shouting "Beerbohm! Beerbohm!" at curtain calls. The latter part of his surname, "bohm", is north German dialect for "tree".<ref>[http://www.duden.de/definition/bohm: Entry for "Bohm"] in the Duden dictionary</ref>

Tree's early education included Mrs Adams's Preparatory School at [[Frant]], East Sussex, Dr Stone's school in King's Square, [[Bristol]], and Westbourne Collegiate School in [[Westbourne Grove]], London. After these, he attended the [[Schnepfenthal Salzmann School|Salzmann Schnepfenthal School]] in [[Thuringia]], Germany, where his father had been educated. Upon his return to England, he began performing with amateur troupes, eventually using the name Herbert Beerbohm Tree, while working in his father's business.<ref name=DNB/>