XIXth century CE

German businessman (1889–1982)

Austrian writer (1848-1904)

Austrian actor and writer

German physician

Sociologist born in Budapest in 1893 into a Jewish family (Hungarian father, German mother), classic figure in sociology and founder of the sociology of knowledge. Author of Ideology and Utopia…

German philosopher and economist, founder of scientific socialism and author of Capital, descended from a family of rabbis. His thought transformed world political history.

Austrian photographer

Born in Frankfurt into a Jewish family established in the city since the 16th century. Astronomer and physicist, director of the Potsdam observatory. Engaged during the First World War, he produces…

Hungarian pedagogue, born on December 25, 1843 in Szeged, trained under the influence of Léopold Löw and holder of a doctorate from the University of Budapest in 1866. Sent in 1869 by the Minister of…

Romanian Jewish actress, born in Galați in 1861 and died in New York on March 31, 1904, first actress to appear on the Yiddish stage. She debuted in 1877 in Goldfaden's « Die Bobe mit'n Enikel »,…

Ukrainian-born Romanian physician and Zionist (1830-1915)

Historian of literature and editor, son of Élie Karpeles, born on November 11, 1848 in Eiwanowitz, Moravia, trained at the University of Breslau and its Jewish theological seminary. After a career as…

American journalist

Austrian physician, born in Presbourg, Hungary, on 14 August 1842, doctor of medicine from Vienna in 1863. Long assistant to L. Politzer in Vienna, he succeeded him in 1881 as head of the first…

German political figure

German-American wrestler and circus strongwoman

Austrian writer

Rabbi and author, born July 17, 1858 in Łódź, in Russian Poland. Educated at the yeshivot of Lublin and Wilna, he settled in Berlin in 1881, serving as preacher in Fürstenwalde from 1883 to 1886 then…

German otorhinolaryngologist born in Loslau on 1 January 1848, doctor of medicine from the University of Berlin in 1872. Established as a specialist in Berlin from 1878 onwards, he became lecturer at…

Russian physician, born in Bobruïsk in 1848. Trained at the rabbinical school of Jitomir and then at the Imperial Academy of Medicine and Surgery of Saint-Petersburg, from which he graduated in 1877,…

Russian political economist, born in 1864. After studying law at Saint Petersburg University, he was tasked by the Ministry of State Properties, from 1887 to 1890, to investigate the economic life of…

Russian community activist, born in Grodno in the very early nineteenth century and died in Saint Petersburg on 19 April 1893. After solid talmudic training, he taught himself French and German,…

Russian political economist, born in Odessa in 1847. Graduate of Kharkov University, he entered public service in 1870 and devoted his work to monetary questions and the state debt, notably in his «…

American rabbi

Austrian scholar, born in Kojetín, Moravia, on 7 June 1852, and died in Karlsbad, Bohemia, on 6 July 1899. Trained at the Jewish theological seminary of Breslau from 1867, he received his doctorate…

Hungarian painter, born on March 22, 1853 in Arad, initially destined for commerce before being able to devote himself to painting. Trained at the drawing school of Budapest in 1875 and then in…

German jurist and diplomat, born in Oels, Silesia, on August 9, 1845, and died in Leipzig on February 13, 1898. Admitted to the bar in 1872, he became municipal judge in Berlin in 1875, then rose…

German pedagogue and writer, born in Hanover on August 31, 1834 and died in that city on April 22, 1898, brother of Meyer Kayserling. Trained at the Talmudic school of Würzbourg and at the University…

Polish-American physical chemist of Jewish origin, pioneer of radioactivity and co-discoverer of protactinium, driven out of Germany by Nazi persecution in 1935.

Austrian scholar, born in Tarnów, Galicia, on 25 January 1834, and died in Rožnau, Moravia, on 5 August 1865, son of innkeeper Israël Mendel Keller. Passionate about spoken Hebrew from his youth, he…

Austrian scholar, born in Tarnów in 1859. After studying the Bible and Talmud until age eighteen, then attending the Jewish theological seminary of Breslau and the Bielitz gymnasium, he devoted…

American athlete, born in New York on March 3, 1869, left for San Francisco at nine years old. Becoming a gymnast then professional roller skater, he set a record in 1887 in San Francisco by jumping…

German poetess, born in Opatów, in the province of Posen, on June 25, 1836, and died in Friederikenhof on February 23, 1904. Interested early in humanitarian matters, particularly hygiene, she…

Polish jurist and writer born in Kalisz on July 4, 1855. After studying law at the University of Warsaw, he wrote lyric verse and translated into Polish works by Heine, Richepin, Shelley, De Amicis,…

German writer, born in Breslau on March 5, 1863. He began in literature at age twenty-five with a collection of poems, « Buch der Liebe » (1888), followed by the tragedy « Warbeck » (1891) and then…

Polish economist and publicist, born in 1857 in Kalisz, law graduate from Warsaw University in 1882, where he was already practicing journalism during the period 1879-81. Editor-in-chief of the «…

American sculptor, born in Baltimore October 6, 1850, trained at the City College of Baltimore and then at the academies of art in Munich and Berlin. Settled in Rome in 1880, where he held a studio…

Russian rabbi

Son of textile merchant Aboudi Zilkha, he founded Zilkha Bank in Baghdad in 1902, which he extended to Beirut, Damascus, Cairo, Alexandria, Geneva, Paris and New York. He emigrated to New York around…

Russian woman of letters, born in White Russia in 1863, educated at the gymnasium for women in Moscow and in medicine at Saint Petersburg and in history and letters in Paris. Her novels and short…

Beni-Israël soldier, bahadur subahdar in the Anglo-Indian army. Enlisted in the sixteenth regiment of indigenous infantry of Bengal, he was promoted jemidar on July 14, 1856, subahdar on January 1,…

Ottoman official, born in Nicosia, Cyprus, in 1832, and entered into the service of Egypt and then Turkey at the age of seventeen, where he held many administrative posts — sub-prefect of Beirut,…

Turkish rabbinic author, active in Constantinople in the middle of the nineteenth century. In 1862, he published the « Meleket Shelomoh », where he claimed to demonstrate that Karaites are animals…

Composer, born in Budapest on 1 January 1845, trained musically in Budapest, Vienna and Paris; he began composing at twelve years old. Author and producer of a series of grand spectacles given in the…

German scholar, born in Frankfurt am Main in 1804 and died in that city on September 6, 1889, where he was for some time chohet in the Orthodox congregation of Samson Raphael Hirsch. He subscribed to…

German physician, born in Filehne in 1830 and died in Berlin on July 12, 1896. Trained in Berlin, where he obtained his doctorate in 1855, he completed his training in Vienna and Prague under…

Austrian writer, born in Prague on November 7, 1848, trained in law and then German philology at the universities of Vienna and Prague, where he received his doctorate in 1870. Assistant editor of…

French publicist of Polish origin, born in Wilna on November 6, 1825 in a learned Jewish family. After leaving Wilna around 1840 to study in Heidelberg and then Königsberg (doctorate in 1846), he…

Russian pedagogue, born in Vilna on June 28, 1840, first a teacher in Berdiansk, Crimea, then in Odessa. He is the author of « 'Erekh Tefillah », a critical study of the history and language of…

Austrian journalist and writer, born in Prague in 1834 and died on February 25, 1888. Settled in Vienna in 1855, he devoted himself to journalism, directing the literary section of the « Ostdeutsche…

German feminist

Pianist, born in Paris on June 27, 1866 to German parents. Trained at the Conservatory under Mmes Retz and Massart, where she obtained a medal at eleven years old, she made her debut the following…

German-American poet, born in Elmshorn, in Holstein, on 21 July 1841, and died in New Haven, Connecticut, on 31 December 1878. Gifted very early for poetry, she published from the age of fourteen in…

German medical author, born in Merseburg-on-the-Saale on 18 May 1829, educated in Leipzig, where he obtained his doctorate in 1851, and physician in Königsberg from 1859 to 1870, the year he turned…

English dramatist, born in London on January 7, 1867, trained at the North London Collegiate School. He is the author of numerous plays, including 'A Mile a Minute', 'The District Attorney', the…

German mathematician, born in Düsseldorf on April 24, 1849, trained at the University of Bonn, where he obtained his doctorate in 1868. Lecturer at Göttingen in 1871, he was appointed professor of…

English music critic, born in Norwich on July 23, 1856. Trained in singing under Manuel Garcia from 1874 to 1877, he was appointed professor of singing at the Guildhall School of Music in London in…

Hungarian writer, born in Szeged on July 21, 1853, trained at the University of Budapest. Editor of the « Ungarische Lloyd » then drama and art critic of the « Neue Pester Journal », he settled in…

Hungarian rabbi, born August 2, 1850 in Zichyfalva and died July 24, 1895 in Alt-Ofen, trained in the Talmudic schools of Mayer Perls and Israël Hildesheimer and at the universities of Vienna and…

Hungarian poet and writer converted to Christianity, born in Miskolcz in 1810 and died in Berlin August 2, 1876, trained at the Budapest gymnasium and then at the universities of Vienna and Berlin,…

Hungarian sculptor, born January 7, 1847 in Göncz, son of a modest country schoolteacher. Apprentice grocer then clockmaker, he abandoned his trade in 1861 for art, settled in Budapest in the…

Hungarian rabbi, born on July 7, 1842 in Miskolcz, educated in philosophy at the University of Prague while following courses in Jewish theology with the grand rabbi Salomon Rapoport. Doctor and…

American rabbi, born on May 22, 1848 in Baracska, Hungary, trained in the Talmudic schools of his native country, at the Presbourg gymnasium and at the universities of Vienna, Berlin and Jena. Rabbi…

French physician, born in Durmenach, in the Haut-Rhin, on 30 May 1845, and died in Paris on 4 May 1902, son of the chief rabbi of Colmar. He translated with Émile Javal Helmholtz's « Manual of…

Austrian archaeologist, born November 28, 1850 in Karánsebes, Hungary, trained in Jewish theology and then philosophy in Vienna and Prague. Sent by the Austrian government to Italy and Greece for…

German physician, born in Landsberg-an-der-Warthe on May 10, 1865, son of Wilhelm Klemperer, educated at the universities of Breslau, Halle and Berlin, where he obtained his doctorate in 1885.…

Austrian rabbi, born in 1815 in Prague and died in Tábor, Bohemia, on January 20, 1882, descended through his mother from Yom-Tov Lipmann Heller. Trained in Talmud at Pressburg under Moïse Sofer and…

German economist and pedagogue, born in Steinbach, in the district of Meiningen, on 25 June 1869. After teaching for several years, he studied political economy, pedagogy and philosophy at the…

American soldier, born in Hungary in 1833. Emigrated to the United States, he enlisted as a private soldier in the Seventy-ninth Regiment of Indiana Volunteers in the Civil War, rose through the…

Austrian actor, born in Vienna on April 21, 1849, trained by Emilie Dorr and debuting at the Elysiumtheater in Stettin in 1868. He subsequently performed in Budapest and Linz, at the Thaliatheater in…

German physician, born in Breslau on 2 December 1838, trained in medicine in Berlin and Breslau, where he obtained his doctorate in 1859, before furthering his studies in Vienna and Paris in 1860 and…

Dutch historian of Jews, born in Amsterdam on January 11, 1809 and died in Buitenrust, near Haarlem, on October 13, 1874. Trained in law, doctor in 1831, he long sat on the municipal council of his…

American lawyer, born in Detroit on 22 May 1871, son of Kaufmann Kohler, graduate of the College of the City of New York (1890) and the Columbia Law School (1893). Assistant federal prosecutor for…

Archaeologist and Hebrew scholar of Russian origin, born in Odessa in 1838. After rabbinical training, he turned from age fourteen to medieval literature and then to history and archaeology,…

Austrian jurist, born on December 24, 1847 in Pápa, Hungary, and died in Vienna on January 20, 1902. Trained in law at the University of Vienna, he entered state service in 1872 and was appointed, on…

Russian writer, born in Vałożyn in 1816 and died in Wilna on November 17, 1871. He translated into Hebrew Fénelon's "Telemachus" under the title "Kebod Elohim" (Königsberg, 1851, then Wilna, 1853),…

Poet of the Austrian ghetto, born on March 8, 1825 in Prague, where he studied philosophy and mathematics before entering his father's wool trade. His first short story, « Gabriel » (1852),…

American merchant and silk manufacturer, born in Prague and died in Hartford, Connecticut, in 1898. Emigrated to America after the revolution of 1848-49, he brought with him his silk braid…

German jurist and economist, born in Danzig on March 21, 1863. Lecturer in commercial and technical law at the Technical Higher School of Charlottenburg, near Berlin, since 1902, he notably published…

Founder of the Deutsch-Israelitische Gemeindebund, born in Neuern, Bohemia, on April 4, 1818, and died on March 21, 1877. First a merchant with Samson D. Fleischl in Leipzig before establishing his…

German writer, born on November 10, 1848, in Mindszent, Hungary, brother of Alexandre Kohut. Trained at the Jewish theological seminary of Breslau, he obtained his doctorate at Jena in 1877 while…

Sirdar bahadur in the Anglo-Indian army, enlisted in the eighth regiment of native infantry on April 1, 1842, then transferred to the twenty-seventh. Appointed jemidar and native adjutant on January…

Hungarian merchant, journalist and chess master, born in Pressburg on April 6, 1837 and died in Vienna on April 30, 1889, as brilliant in business—he founded the Wiener Börse-Syndikatskasse in 1869…

Austrian physician, born in Koritschan, Moravia, on December 10, 1867, trained in medicine in Vienna and Heidelberg, where he obtained his doctorate in 1891. Instructor in medicine at the University…

Poet and Austrian historian, born in Koritschan, Moravia, on September 15, 1817, trained in classical philology, history and philosophy at the University of Vienna. After a stay in Italy in 1847, he…

Yiddish writer born in Odessa in 1879. Initially close to Zionist circles, he joined the Bund then emigrated to the United States. He wrote essays under the pseudonym « Duke D'Abruzzi » in the…

Austrian writer, born in Münchengrätz, Bohemia, on May 15, 1822, and died in Vienna on November 23, 1886. Trained at the universities of Prague and Vienna, tutor then employee of the Vienna…

German Protestant theologian, born in Reicheribach, Saxony, on November 15, 1846, doctor of philosophy from Leipzig in 1874 and doctor of theology from Erlangen in 1888. Professor of theology…

Hungarian mathematician, born on December 16, 1849 in Raab. Attracted to mathematics rather than to medicine which he had begun in Vienna, he studied physics under Helmholtz and mathematics under…

German mathematician, born in Posen on October 15, 1837, trained in Berlin where he obtained his doctorate in 1860. Instructor at the Berlin Military Academy in 1861, assistant professor in…

Austrian ophthalmologist, born in Bisenz, Moravia, on April 26, 1850, M.D. from Vienna in 1873, where he practiced as an oculist before becoming a docent in 1882 and assistant professor of ocular…

American writer

Member of a Jewish family from present-day Ukraine, he was a pedagogue and Yiddish scholar. He contributed regularly (1910-1912) to the journal of the Society for the Diffusion of Enlightenment among…

American physician, born in New York on October 28, 1858, graduated from the College of Physicians and Surgeons in 1881, supplemented by postgraduate training in Leipzig, Prague, and Vienna before…

Author, with Simon Hock, of « Gal-Ed », illustrated collection of tombstone inscriptions (Grabsteininschriften) of the old Jewish cemetery in Prague, with biographical notices (Prague, 1856).…

Hungarian physician and medical author, born December 20, 1828 in Nagykálló. Doctor of medicine from Budapest in 1851, he practiced for two years at the surgical clinic of Professor Schuh in Vienna…

Hebrew scholar and Russian author of the 18th and 19th centuries, grandson of Yom-Tov Lipmann Heller. Rabbi for some time in Rendsbourg, he later lived in Chklov and, from 1802, in Grodno, before…

German physician born in Posen in 1840, son of the Talmudist Samuel ben Naḥman Kornfeld and grandson of R. Akiba Eger. Trained in Breslau, Berlin and Vienna, he obtained his diploma in 1863,…

German rabbi and calendarist, born in Głogów, where he later served as rabbi, and died in Hamburg on August 9, 1826. He is the author of the « 'Ezrat ha-Sofer » (Amsterdam, 1796), a manual for…

Hungarian statistician, born on 20 April 1844 in Pest. Having moved from journalism to administration, he was appointed in 1867 editor of the economic service of « Pesti Napló », then, in 1870,…

Physician and German deputy, born in Lissa, Posen, on October 5, 1803, and died in Berlin on March 27, 1872. Trained at the University of Königsberg, where he obtained his doctorate in 1826, he…

Founder of the town of Nhill, in the colony of Victoria, Australia, died in that town on May 6, 1895. He founded most of the local institutions — hospital, institute of mechanics, agricultural and…

German poet, born in 1812 in Bromberg and died in that city on July 1, 1879. He went to study literature in Berlin, then philosophy and philology at the university, but returned soon to his native…

German poet and writer, brother of Julius Kossarski, born in 1810 in Bromberg and died on November 3, 1873 in Berlin. After studying medicine in Berlin, he devoted himself entirely to German letters,…

Hungarian painter, born in Nagykároly in 1853. Left home at fourteen, he went to Budapest where he became a merchant, then at twenty-two entered a drawing school from which he graduated in 1879; the…

Russian physician, born in Vilna in 1837 and died in Kiev on September 22, 1896, graduate of Saint Vladimir University of Kiev in 1865. Municipal physician in Yalutorovsk and then in Nejine, he…

Russian Hebrew critic, born in Wilna around 1837, known for his polemical campaign against numerous Hebrew maskilim, first conducted in « Ha-Karmel » and « Ha-Meliṣ » before turning against the…

Polish writer and preacher, born in Warsaw in 1814 and died in that city in 1889. A graduate of Warsaw's rabbinical school, he taught there until its closure in 1862 while serving as preacher at the…

Polish naturalist, born in Warsaw in 1841, son of Isaac Kramsztyk, trained at the Warsaw gymnasium then in medicine at the Medical-Surgical Academy and in physics and mathematics at the university,…

Austrian jurist, born November 5, 1842, in Pistyn, Galicia. Trained at the Czernowitz gymnasium from 1853 to 1861, he studied law at the University of Prague, where he was graduated in 1868,…

Austrian general, born in 1822 in Pardubice, in Bohemia, son of a Jewish farmer; strictly trained in orthodoxy by his cousin Joseph Kisch, father of Heinrich and Alexander Kisch, he studied law in…

Austrian physician, born in Bodenbach, in Bohemia, on May 31, 1851, trained at the universities of Prague and Vienna, where he obtained his doctorate in 1882. Assistant at the physiological-chemical…

Austrian physician, born in Kolín, Bohemia, on December 22, 1824, and died in 1901. Trained at the University of Prague, specialized in neurology, he obtained his diploma in 1847 and practiced in…

Polish jurist and writer, born in Warsaw in 1843, graduated master in law and administration in 1866. He practiced law until 1872, then was appointed attorney general to the senatorial department of…

Austrian folklorist, born in Požega, Slavonia, on October 7, 1859, doctor in classical philology from the University of Vienna. First to study South Slavic folklore scientifically, he was…

Galician philosopher and writer, born in Brody around 1823 and died in 1895, son of Nahman Krochmal. An admirer of Spinoza, whose philosophy he expounded in « Eben ha-Roshah » (Vienna, 1871), he…

German physiologist, born in Liegnitz, in Prussian Silesia, on 27 January 1839, trained at the universities of Heidelberg and Berlin, where he obtained his doctorate in 1863. Assistant to Traube from…

Polish-Russian banker, brother of Stanisław Kronenberg, born in Warsaw in 1849. After studying law then agriculture at Bonn and Poppelsdorf, he directed the Saint Petersburg branch of the Warsaw…

Polish-Russian financier, brother of Leopold Kronenberg, born in Warsaw in 1846 and died in that city in 1894. Trained in political economy and finance in Paris, where he obtained a doctorate in…

German rabbi, born in Dyhernfurth, Prussian Silesia, on 12 May 1845, trained at the Glatz gymnasium, at the yeshiva of R. Pollack in Weisskirchen, Moravia, then at the Jewish theological seminary and…

Rabbi of Flatow (Złotów), active in the first half of the nineteenth century. He is the author of the "Tefillah we-Todah", hymns and prayers composed for the community of Glogau on the occasion of…

Dutch Protestant biblical scholar, born in Haarlem on September 16, 1828, and died in Leiden on December 10, 1891. Trained in Leiden, where he became assistant professor in 1852 and then holder of…

Austrian journalist and deputy, born in Prague in 1818 and died on 26 January 1879. After abandoning medicine and law in Vienna, he became in turn teacher, actor then publicist in Pest,…

Austrian poet and novelist, born December 13, 1828 in Vienna and died December 30, 1876 in Meran, after studying philosophy and History at the University of Vienna. Briefly employed by the Nordbahn…

Austrian physicist, born in Brünn, Moravia, on January 11, 1843, educated at the polytechnic school of that city and then at the University of Vienna. Entering state service in 1865, he was assistant…

Russian jurist and publicist, born on July 7, 1847 near Sophiefka, in the district of Lutsk, trained at the rabbinical school of Jitomir then at the law faculty of the universities of Kiev and Odessa…

Russian physician and pedagogue, born in Dubno in 1828 and died in Kiev on August 9, 1896, graduated with a gold medal from the classical gymnasium of Zhitomir in 1848 and from the medico-surgical…

Austrian journalist, born on October 5, 1823 in Leipnik, in Moravia, and died in Vienna on December 5, 1898, trained in philosophy and law in Prague and Vienna. Having taken part in the agitation of…

Austrian writer, born in Kostel, near Nikolsburg in Moravia, on May 28, 1831, and died in Vienna on March 20, 1897, trained at the polytechnic institutes of Vienna and Prague. Originally a teacher,…

Rabbi in Ofen and dayyan in Budapest, born in Alt-Ofen and died on February 2, 1837, descendant of Rabbi Löwe ben Bezalel and one of the pioneers of the Enlightenment movement in Hungary. He is the…

Hungarian, authority in Turkish studies, born on September 20, 1861 in Sámson, trained at the gymnasium of Debreczin and at the University of Budapest where he studied linguistics. Thanks to a grant…

Russian community notable, born in Vilna in 1821 and died in Dembitza in 1893 on the way back from a foreign journey, trained in Talmud at the Volozhin yeshiva. Manager of the spirits monopoly of the…

German politician

German actor, singer and director (1897-1944)

American psychologist

German journalist and writer

German composer

German jurist and statesman, born on May 9, 1809 in Carlsruhe and died in that city on January 26, 1890, trained in law at Heidelberg and Munich before being admitted to the bar of Baden in 1832.…

Preacher in Lissa in the mid-nineteenth century, author of « Ha-Emunah weha-Ḥaḳirah » (Breslau, 1847), a philosophical development of the thirteen articles of faith of Maimonides accompanied by an…

German surgeon, born in Ueckermünde, Pomerania, on April 11, 1867, trained in Berlin, Kiel, Freiburg-in-Breisgau, Vienna and Paris, where he obtained his doctorate in medicine in 1891. After a trip…

German dramatist and theater director, born in Hamburg on March 8, 1838, trained musically at the Leipzig conservatory and then conductor in several German theaters before settling in Berlin in 1866…

American pioneer, born in Charleston, South Carolina, in 1802, and died in Galveston, Texas, on August 16, 1899. He was one of the founders of the reformed congregation of Charleston in 1825, then,…

Swedish dramatic tenor, born in Stockholm on 4 December 1838 and died in Christiania, Norway, on 7 March 1897, trained under Günther and Masset. He made his debut in 1866 at the Stora Teatern in…

German Orientalist, born in Berlin on November 2, 1827, and died in Göttingen on December 22, 1891, trained in theology and Oriental languages at the universities of Berlin and Halle, where he…

Hungarian historian (1861-1936)

Hungarian writer

Hungarian rabbi

Yiddish short-story writer, known for his tales of pogroms, close to Di Yunge.

Hungarian deputy and financier, born in 1852. After being linked for several years to the Anglo-Hungarian Bank and the Ungarische Boden-Credit-Gesellschaft, he was elected in 1881 director general of…

Russian journalist and editor, born in Rossienny in 1841 and died in Berlin on 21 July 1902. Settled in Saint Petersburg in 1862, he devoted himself to journalism after a year of teaching in Kovno,…

German gynecologist born in Warsaw on July 16, 1848, trained at the universities of Breslau, Würzburg, and Berlin, where he received his doctorate in 1870. Assistant surgeon during the…

Author of works on Jewish mysticism, born in 1808 in Kappel, near Buchau, in Württemberg, and died in the same city on February 3, 1841, son of the cantor Elias Landauer. Entered at eighteen to the…

Romanian oculist, born in 1840 in Jassy and died in Florence on March 4, 1895, trained at the gymnasium of Ratibor then at the University of Berlin, where he obtained his doctorate in medicine in…

German rabbi, born in Meseritz, in Prussia, on May 1, 1810, and died in Hildesheim on May 20, 1870. Trained under his master Aaron Wolfsohn, rabbi of Hildesheim from 1826, then in Brunswick, he…

German novelist, playwright and editor, born in Berlin on August 25, 1861, known under the pseudonym of Hans Land. He published his first novels "Der Neue Gott" and "Sünden" in 1891, then, in 1893,…

German physician, born in Posen on August 21, 1848, descendant of Aryeh Löb, died a martyr in Posen in 1737, educated at the gymnasium of his native city and then at the universities of Vienna and…

German liturgist, born January 15, 1817, in Lissa, in Posen, and died in Berlin on March 23, 1887. He went up to Berlin to study Jewish theology, where he frequented Zunz and Abraham Geiger,…

German author and hydrotherapist, born in 1801 in Rödelheim, near Frankfurt-on-the-Main, and died before 1860. After a poor youth spent in traveling theatrical troops — he is said to have converted…

German ophthalmologist, born in Fürstenberg, Silesia, on July 25, 1839, trained in Paris and Berlin, where he obtained his doctorate in medicine in 1860. Privatdozent in Berlin the same year, he was…

English composer, born in London on August 9, 1858, trained in Boulogne, where he performed from age thirteen as a pianist, then, at fifteen, at the Milan Conservatory, where he studied composition…

German teacher and author, born in 1803 and died in Halberstadt on 3 March 1883. Appointed in 1823 teacher at the Jewish school of Halberstadt, where he later became professor, he published, besides…

German politician, born in Jarotschin, in Posnania, on October 14, 1829, and died in New York on January 5, 1884, educated at the universities of Breslau and Berlin. Elected in 1865 to the Prussian…

American rabbi, born in Zirke, in the province of Posen, on 19 February 1838, trained by his father, rabbi of Zirke, then by the rabbis of Pinne and Rogasen, before completing his studies at the…

German dermatologist and hygienist, born in Hamburg on January 11, 1849, trained at the universities of Heidelberg, Göttingen, Strasbourg and Würzburg, where he obtained his doctorate in medicine in…

Danish conductor and dramatic composer, born in Copenhagen on April 13, 1830 and died in Weimar on January 15, 1904. Entered at twelve years old the Conservatoire of Brussels, where his family had…

German philosophical writer, born in Alt-Strelitz, in Mecklenburg-Strelitz, on March 12, 1832, trained at the Gymnasium Carolinum in Neu-Strelitz then at the University of Berlin (1848-52). Teaching…

Hungarian scholar, born December 18, 1859 in Szergeny, trained in Pápa, Sopron and Budapest. Appointed in 1882 to the state meteorological institute, where he conducted research in climatology,…

Hungarian portraitist, born on June 1, 1869 in Budapest. Gifted student of the Budapest Model Drawing School, he benefited for five years from a state scholarship which allowed him to study portrait…

Judeo-German dramatist, born in Jassy, Romania, in 1853. After studying the Talmud at the yeshiva of his native city, he devoted himself from the age of seventeen to modern languages, before the…

Austrian violinist, born in Prague on January 19, 1832 and died on March 17, 1875 in Gries, near Bozen, in the Tyrol. Noticed very young, he performed in Vienna from 1847, then visited London for the…

American naval officer, born in Baltimore, Maryland, on September 22, 1859. Graduated from the United States Naval Academy at Annapolis in 1881, he obtained a law degree from Columbia University in…

novelist

Theater director, born in Budapest on September 11, 1852. The poverty of his parents forced him to interrupt his studies at the Realschule at age twelve to enter a bank, but his passion for theater…

American lawyer, born in New York on August 13th, 1844, graduate of the College of the City of New York in 1864, where he was the same year a member of the constitutional convention of the State.…

Galician writer, born January 25, 1826 in Drohobicz, where he pursued commercial activity while contributing to numerous periodicals. He is the author of the « Minḥat Kohen », in two volumes…

Croatian publisher (1812-1881)

Son of Elly Kadoorie, he continues with his brother Horace the family enterprises in Hong Kong, directs China Light & Power (CLP), and co-founds in 1951 the Kadoorie Agricultural Aid Loan Fund, which…

English surgeon, born in 1828 and died in London on July 18, 1870, trained at University College London, where he obtained his medical degree in 1857, and admitted as a member of the Royal College of…

English press proprietor, born in London in 1823 and died in that city on September 20, 1879, educated in Germany. Having inherited a fortune from his father, he founded in Saint-Ouen, in France, a…

Ukrainian businessman (1848–1904)

rabbi, educator and Judaic scholar

Austrian Rabbi (1867-1928)

Austrian rabbi

Austrian rabbi and writer (1837-1921)

Chief Rabbi of France

Born in Sélestat in 1858 to a modest Alsatian Jewish family, he developed alloys for electrical applications (founding of the Lazare Weiller Company, 1883), pioneer of submarine cables and a…

Grand Rabbi of France

French writer, born in Nîmes on June 14, 1865 and died in Paris on September 1, 1903, critic and journalist without religious conviction but claiming to be Jewish. Solicited by the family of Captain…

German Talmudist, born in Filehne in 1820 and died in Breslau on 16 April 1879, brother of Moritz Lazarus. After attending yeshivot and studying at the University of Berlin, he was elected rabbi of…

American merchant, born in New York on June 29, 1813 and died in that city on March 9, 1885, engaged in the sugar refining industry until 1865. Married in 1840 to Esther Nathan, he left at his death…

German rabbi (1810-1886)

German mathematician

Canadian political figure

German physician, born in Neusalz-on-the-Oder on April 6, 1847, trained at the gymnasium of Görlitz and then at the University of Breslau, where his medical studies were interrupted by the…

German authoress, born February 3, 1849 in Berlin, from a German Christian family. Widow from a first marriage to doctor Max Remy, she converted to Judaism then married in 1895 professor Moritz…

German physician, born in Breslau on June 9, 1813 and died in Bex, in the canton of Vaud, on August 1, 1878. Trained in medicine in Berlin and Zurich, where he obtained his diploma in 1834, he…

Professor and music theorist, born in Ludwigsbourg, in Württemberg, on December 12, 1822, and died in Stuttgart on December 8, 1884. Trained in Prague under Tomaschek, Weber, Tedesco and Proksch, he…

Hungarian pedagogue and writer, born on January 9, 1827 in Libochowitz, Bohemia. He studied from 1840 at the Teacher Training College and the University of Prague, taught in 1853 in Lundenburg,…

Austrian dramatist, born in Prague on August 28, 1808 and died in Dresden on July 31, 1876. After a scanty education from a private tutor, he began studies in medicine then law, obtaining a…

English editor, born in London on December 5, 1859, trained at the City of London School and Balliol College, Oxford. Associated on leaving college with Sir Leslie Stephen as assistant editor of the…