XIXth century CE

Born in Le Havre on June 16, 1844, into a modest Jewish family (grandson of a rabbi), Arthur Meyer directed the fashionable and conservative daily Le Gaulois. A paradoxical figure — royalist,…

German entrepreneur and poet (1864-1912)

Austrian novelist and physician

American politician

French rabbi

Patriot, diplomat, financier and Italian writer, born in Asti, in Piedmont, on December 31, 1829, died in Rome on January 24, 1900. Prevented from studying in Piedmont, then closed to Jews, he…

French adventurer, born in Strasbourg in 1849, settled in Paris in 1871. Implicated in the distribution of bribes from the Panama Canal Company to politicians, he became a household name in France…

Born in Genoa in 1842 "da famiglia ebraica" (from a Jewish family), son of Raffaele Issel and Elisa Sonsino. Professor of mineralogy and then geology at the University of Genoa (chair from 1866,…

rabbi

Galician decisor, author of the Ketsot ha-Hochen, a major work of analysis of Jewish civil law. His work is a classic of Talmudic study.

Russian rabbi

Polish talmudist and halakhist, rabbi of Bielsk, author of Yefeh Einayim included in the Vilna Talmud edition.

Israeli rabbi

Rabbi

Polish rosh yeshiva and posek

Physician in Rome, died December 11, 1889. Trained in Talmud Torah and then in medicine at Rome University, he distinguished himself in 1867, during the cholera epidemic, through devotion that earned…

German Talmudist, rabbi of Zempelburg at the beginning of the 19th century, also called Tobiah Schlochow. His "'Et Barzel" (Iron Pen), an explanation of legal halakhic themes, was published after his…

German actor, born in Dresden on July 15, 1820, died in Meran on April 24, 1885. Trained by Ludwig Tieck, he made his stage debut in 1838 in Hainichen, in Saxony, then performed in Wiesbaden in 1839,…

Hebraist and author, born in 1812 in Peisern, in the Grand Duchy of Posen, died in London on February 24, 1893. He goes to England in 1840, quickly masters English, and is elected in 1843 as funeral…

Composer and pianist, born in Groningen, Holland, on June 4, 1829, died in London on June 20, 1869, son of Simon Ascher, cantor of the Great Synagogue of London. Trained by Moscheles then, at the…

Italian mathematician, born in Trieste on November 20, 1843, died in Pisa. Naturally drawn to Milan, he teaches mathematics there at the Reale Istituto Tecnico Superiore from 1874 to 1879, the year…

Italian philologist born on July 16, 1829 in Görz, Austria, orphaned of his father in early childhood. Passionate about comparative philology from an early age, he created a sensation at sixteen with…

Talmudist, born in Semiatitch, Russia, around 1813, died in New York on May 6, 1888. Having arrived in the United States in 1852, he contributed to founding in New York the first Russian-American…

Scottish physician and surgeon, born in Edinburgh in 1817, died in Jamaica on November 26, 1858. Trained in his native city, licensed by the Royal College of Surgeons of Edinburgh, he completed his…

Short-story writer and editor, founder of the bio-bibliographic institute Genazim.

Bulgarian historian and rabbi

Hasidic rabbi of Koretz, in Volhynia, then preacher (maggid) of Ostrów, in Russian Poland, active at the beginning of the nineteenth century, student of Baer of Meseritz, successor of the Baal Chem…

Physician, born February 16, 1837 in Glasgow, Scotland, died January 7, 1889 in London, first Jew of Scotland to enter the medical profession. He went to London in 1862, became physician to the…

German pedagogue and philosophical writer, born in Dresden on December 8, 1818, died in Leipzig on December 2, 1890. Trained at the Jewish school then at the gymnasium of his native city — one of the…

German physician, born April 13, 1865 in Leipzig, son of Doctor David Asher, long secretary of Chief Rabbi Nathan M. Adler in London. Graduated in medicine after studies in Leipzig from 1885 to 1890,…

Botanist, born in Odessa on May 5, 1845, died on July 24, 1903. Honorary professor of botany at the University of Heidelberg, he writes in 1871 the Beiträge zur Kritik der Darwinischen Theorie and…

Rabbi of Slonim then of Lublin, born around 1801, died in Lublin on 6 March 1852. He is the author of « Noda ba-She'arim » (Known at the Gates), responsa and novellæ on talmudic law, published by his…

Russian communal activist and philanthropist, born in 1824, died in Grodno in 1894, son of Joshua Heschel Ashkenazi, rabbi of Lublin and descendant of Ḥakham Tsevi. Established in Grodno, where he…

Rabbinic scholar, born in Poland in the early nineteenth century, subsequently established in Tunisia. He publishes in Metz, in 1845, under the title "Divré Ḥakhamim" (The Words of the Wise), a…

Palestinian commentator and kabbalist, active in the early 19th century between Jerusalem and Padua, died in Safed. Sent as an emissary ("meshoullaḥ") from Palestine to collect funds for the poor of…

Talmudist and Russian rabbi of the nineteenth century, died on February 10, 1867 in Lublin, where he served as rabbi since 1852, succeeding his father and then his cousin Baerush Ashkenazi. Tireless…

Turkish Talmudist, born in Smyrna, where he becomes grand rabbi and dies around 1812. He writes the « Maḥané Yehouda » (The Camp of Judah), discussions on the Ṭour and the Beth Yosef (Salonika,…

Talmudic author, active in the first half of the nineteenth century in Smyrna. He wrote the "Neḥmad le-Maré" (Pleasant to See), methodological rules on the treatises Berakhot and Zera'im of the…

Official in the service of the Ottoman Empire, born in 1840, trained at the Camondo Institution. Appointed in 1869 by Sultan Aziz member of the council of state, which then counted only two Jews…

Rabbi of Smyrna, where he died in 1830. He wrote the « Maré 'Enayim » (View for the Eyes), an index to the Talmud, Rashi, and the Tosafot (Salonique, 1816), the « Maré ha-Gadol » (The Great Vision),…

Rabbi of Dobromil and Jaroslav, in Galicia, at the end of the eighteenth century and beginning of the nineteenth. Disciple of R. Jacob Isaac of Lublin, died in 1815, he maintained learned…

Writer in French and Russian, born in Odessa on April 16, 1851. He studied medicine at the Academy of Saint Petersburg and then at Kiev University, but fragile health forced him to interrupt his…

Beni-Israel soldier, born near Bombay, India, around 1820. He entered the service of the eighth regiment of native infantry on March 5, 1839, participated in the pursuit of the rebel army of Tantia…

German physician, born at Stallupönen, in East Prussia, 24 February 1865. Trained at the gymnasium then at the University of Königsberg, where he studied medicine and obtained his diploma in 1890, he…

German physician, born September 8, 1866 in Stallupönen, in East Prussia. Trained at the Kneiphof gymnasium and at the University of Königsberg, where he obtained his doctorate in medicine in 1892,…

Russian painter, born in Drissa on January 28, 1856, died on December 21, 1902 in Moscow. He entered the Academy of Saint Petersburg in 1870 as an external student, then enrolled as a regular student…

Polish historian, born in 1867 in Zawichwost, in the governorate of Radom, in Russian Poland. He studied at the universities of Warsaw and Göttingen, where he obtained his doctorate in philosophy,…

Dutch jurist, born in Amsterdam on April 28, 1838, son of Carel Daniel Asser (1813-85) and nephew, through his mother, of Dutch Minister of Justice Godefroi. He studied law at the Athens of Amsterdam…

German woman of letters, born in Hamburg February 22, 1821, died March 25, 1880 in Florence, Italy. Daughter of Dr. David Assing and Rosa Maria Assing, sister of Varnhagen von Ense, she settled in…

Italian physician and medical author, born in Verona on June 21, 1802, died in Venice on December 2, 1877. His father dies while he is still a child, and it is an uncle who takes charge of his…

French sculptor, painter and writer, born in Angers, Maine-et-Loire, in 1839. Still a child, he leaves his native city to try his luck in Paris; in 1859, he founds with Valéry Vernier the « Quart…

Literary critic, son of David Atlas, born on March 5, 1851 in Beisegola, in the Kovno region, in Russia. In 1884, he arrived in Warsaw and became one of the principal contributors to the yearbook…

Talmudist, active in Aleppo in the 19th century. He is the author of several works published in Livorno (1821-31): the « Échèt Ḥayil » (Woman of Virtue), explanation of Proverbs xxxi; the « Vayiḳra…

Attilio Giacomo Muggia, born in Venice in 1861 and died in Bologna in 1936, was an Italian engineer and architect, pioneer of reinforced concrete calculation in Italy (concessionaire for central…

Author and poet, born August 4, 1862 in Munich, Germany, grandson of rabbi Hirsch Aub of Munich. When his father, lawyer Max Aub, is recalled to Munich from the small town of Uffenheim, in Franconia,…

Hungarian violinist, son of a modest house painter, born in Veszprém, Hungary, on June 7, 1845. First trained by Ridley Kolene at the Budapest conservatory, he then goes to the Vienna conservatory,…

German writer, born in the Black Forest village of Nordstetten, Germany, on February 28, 1812, died in Cannes, France, on February 8, 1882. Intended by his father for a rabbinical career, he was…

Rabbi of Lenczyca, in Russia, and author, active in the first half of the 19th century. Contemporary and friend of R. Akiba Eger of Posen and R. Salomon Posner of Warsaw, he wrote "Divré Michpat"…

Polish rabbi, active in the first half of the nineteenth century, first rabbi of Dobria, near Kalisz, then of Plock, before succeeding his father, Ḥayyim Auerbach, as rabbi of Lenczyca, in the Warsaw…

German preacher, educator and author, born in Inowraclaw, Prussia, on March 21, 1791, died in Dessau on July 5, 1853, son of Levin Isaac Auerbach, rabbi of Inowraclaw, and brother of Baruch Auerbach,…

Educator and author, born in Emmendingen, Baden, on November 14, 1810, died on October 31, 1887. He received his first training in Carlsruhe, where, in the autumn of 1827, he met his cousin — and…

Talmudist and Chief Rabbi of the Ashkenazi Jews of Jerusalem, born on February 10, 1815 in Dobria, near Kalisz, in Russian Poland, died on May 8, 1878 in Jerusalem. Rabbi in Kalisz, he settles in…

American newspaper dealer (1828-1886)

German bacteriologist of Jewish origin, born in Bamberg, doctor of medicine from Strasbourg (1888). He worked under Robert Koch at the Institute of Infectious Diseases in Berlin. In 1906, with…

Austrian writer

Author of geography, active in Budapest, Hungary, in the first quarter of the nineteenth century. He is the author of « Béér ha-Louḥot » (Explanation of the Tables), consisting of five biblical maps…

Son of the latter, born in Goltsch-Jenikau, in Bohemia, in 1803, died in the same city in 1868. He translated into German the Yoṣerot, liturgical pieces read on the Sabbath, published by M. I. Landau…

Renowned criminologist, born in Lübeck on May 23, 1809, died in that same city on July 20, 1892. In his reference work, "Das Deutsche Gaunertum" (Leipzig, 1858-62), he devotes a chapter to Jews in…

French writer, born in Chaumont-en-Vexin, in the department of Oise, on December 31, 1828, died in Bougival on July 1, 1876, brother of Paul Avenel. He devoted the bulk of his life to the study of…

French writer, born in Paris on March 7, 1853, adoptive son of Paul Avenel. He began his career by directing « L'Événement », a Parisian political daily, as well as several departmental newspapers;…

French writer, born in Chaumont-en-Vexin, in the department of Oise, on October 9, 1823. After brief studies in medicine at the University of Paris, he abandoned them in 1850 to devote himself…

Hungarian-Israeli writer, first poet laureate of the city of Tel-Aviv.

Engineer and community activist, died in London on February 9, 1895, eldest son of Count Salomon Henry d'Avigdor and Rachel, second daughter of Sir Isaac Lyon Goldsmid. Trained at University College…

Banker, he was in February 1854 the first Jew elected by his Catholic fellow citizens to the lower chamber of the Piedmontese Parliament; his election was first annulled because he was also Prussian…

Daughter of Sir Isaac Lyon and Isabel Goldsmid, born on September 19, 1816, she married in June 1840 Count Solomon Henry d'Avigdor, son of a member of the Grand Sanhedrin convened by Napoleon, and…

Sephardic Jew born in Vidin (Bulgaria). Founder in 1909 of the Socialist Workers Federation of Salonika, which brought together over 12,000 workers of all nationalities. He edited the Judeo-Spanish…

American Rabbi

Canadian rabbi

Yemenite Rabbi, member of the Yemenite Rabbinical court established in Jerusalem in 1908.

Ukrainian rabbi

Born in Będzin in 1838, son-in-law of the rebbe of Kotsk, he became one of the greatest decisors (poskim) of the late 19th century. From 1883 he was rabbi and av beit din of Sochaczew, founding the…

Israeli rabbi

French rabbi

Israeli politician

Last Chief Rabbi of Kovno, author of the responsa Devar Avraham; died in the Kovno ghetto.

American rabbi

Lithuanian rabbi

Israeli politician

Chief Rabbi of Baghdad on several occasions, student of Abdallah Somekh.

Belarusian-American Haredi rabbi

Born in Aleppo, he was a halakhist, kabbalist and publicist. He composed nearly fifty works (16 printed), many devoted to segulot (spiritual remedies), amulets, dream interpretation and esoteric…

Leader of Yemenite Jews in Eretz Israël, founder of the Association of Yemenites (colonization, education, encouragement of aliyah). Delegate to the founding congress of the Histadrout (1920),…

Son of Rabbi Mordekhai of Chernobyl, he settled in Trisk (Turiysk) after his marriage and became maggid there, founding the Hasidic dynasty of Trisk, a branch of Chernobyl. In 1887, two years before…

After directing the yeshiva of Slonim according to Lithuanian study, he was influenced by Noah of Lachowicze and Moses of Kobrin and founded the Hasidic court of Slonim. His work Yesod ha-Avodah is…

Son of Rabbi Israel Friedman of Ruzhin (founder of the Ruzhin dynasty), he took the direction of the Sadigura court after his father's death (1850) and that of his elder brother Sholom Yosef.…

Bibliographer and historian, he worked from 1925 at the National and University Hebrew Library of Jerusalem. Specialist in Hebrew printing and the history of Jewish settlement in the Holy Land, he…

Polish rabbi

Last rosh yeshiva of Telshe in Lithuania, murdered during the Shoah.

Rosh yeshiva, director of the Novardok network (Beis Yosef), son-in-law of the Alter of Novardok; emigrated to the USA.

Israeli rabbi

Israeli politician

Romanian writer

Lithuanian rabbi

Belarusian rabbi

Third Sadigura Rebbe (1884-1961)

Born December 15, 1891 in Amdur (Grodno district), died May 22, 1980 in Buenos Aires. He devoted his entire life to Yiddish literature and press, publishing in numerous newspapers and magazines.…

Yiddishist pedagogue and essayist, theorist of « integral Jewishness ».

French physician, born in Odessa on 25 October 1825 and died in Paris on 25 August 1876, son of Israël Aksenfeld, he studied medicine in Paris and was received as doctor by the Sorbonne.…

Interpreter of the French army during the campaign in Algeria against Abd-el-Kader, he dies in 1846. Wounded several times in the expeditions at Oran, where he captures one of Abd-el-Kader's…

Rabbi of Meknes, 19th century. Mentioned in 5590 of the Hebrew era (1830). Listed in Malkhei Rabbanan (Yosef Ben Naim, 1931), f. 102-1.

Hakam of Amsterdam, died in 1823, son and successor of hakam David Cohen d'Azevedo, he is the author of a sermon pronounced on August 3, 1809 in the congregation of Talmud Torah of Amsterdam and…

German rabbi

Rabbi of Fès, nineteenth century. Mentioned in 5597 of the Hebrew era (1837). Listed in Malkhei Rabbanan (Yosef Ben Naim, 1931), f. 102-1.

Chief of the Karaites of Crimea in the first quarter of the nineteenth century and president of the Karaite council of Kozlov-Eupatoria, probably born around 1785, he became famous not through his…

Artist and journalist, born in Neuschloss, Bohemia, July 2, 1840, and died in Vienna April 29, 1890, she directed the royal school of artistic embroidery and published on this subject two works,…

Austrian jurist and journalist, born in Pastelberg on March 17, 1846, he studied at the University of Vienna, practiced as a lawyer with a talent that led to his being appointed chief stenographer of…

German playwright and novelist, born in Ragnit, East Prussia, on August 8, 1810, he studied medicine in Königsberg and practiced as a physician there from 1837, before abandoning that career after…

Neo-Hebrew poet born on February 1, 1823 in Liptó-Szent-Miklós, in Hungary, and died in Budapest on November 9, 1891, he descended from Jair Ḥayyim Bacharach and studied the Talmud in his native city…

Hungarian violinist and opera composer, born in Zsámbokrét, Hungary, on January 23, 1841, he began violin studies with Böhm at the Vienna Conservatory in 1851, graduating in 1857, before holding the…

German physician and forensic medical author, born in the province of Posen, in Prussia, on December 26, 1834, trained at the universities of Vienna, Prague and Berlin, where he obtained his…

Author who lived in Berlin in the early nineteenth century, he wrote the « Naḥale Debash » (Streams of Honey), published in Berlin in 1832, a collection of extracts from various Hebrew works dealing…

Cantor, musician and German composer, born in Russia on December 26, 1834 and died in Göteborg, Sweden, on March 7, 1894, he renounced the rabbinate desired by his father to devote himself to…

Russian mathematician and engraver, born in Seiny, in the government of Suwałki, in the first quarter of the nineteenth century, and died in Jerusalem in 1897, he made significant discoveries in…

American author of Jewish origin, born in Herxheim, Germany, on January 29, 1830, and died in Charleston, South Carolina, on January 2, 1901, he emigrated to America at seventeen and settled in…

Biblical and Rabbinical commentator, died in Wilna in 1807, he was the brother of Éliahou ben Salomon, the Gaon of Wilna, and distinguished himself like him by the simplicity and clarity of his…

Specialist in the Masorah and editor of the Hebrew Bible, born in Mosbach, Baden, on 18 September 1825, and died in Biebrich-on-the-Rhine in March 1897, he began his Masoretic studies as early as…

German pedagogue, born in Nakel, in the province of Posen, on November 7, 1828, trained at the gymnases of Konitz and Breslau and then at the University of Berlin, where Leopold von Ranke took an…

German physician, professor of pediatric pathology at the University of Berlin, born on May 22, 1843 in Ratibor, in Prussian Silesia, he was graduated from the University of Berlin in 1866 and…

German physician born in Ratibor, Prussia, on May 24, 1848, privatdocent of ear, nose and throat diseases at the university of Berlin then honorary professor, he studied medicine there and obtained…

Spanish Christian, he was the author of a Hebrew grammar intended for school instruction, « Gramatica de la Lengua Hebraica, Escrita en Castellano », published in Madrid in 1818.

Hungarian deputy and publicist, born in Debrecen on July 22, 1862, he studied law at the University of Budapest and then settled in his native city, where his journalistic activity, eloquence, and…

Teacher at the Rabbinical College of Jitomir, where he died on June 18, 1882, father of Nicolaï Bakst, he wrote the « Sefer ha-Ḥinnuḳ », a Hebrew method for beginners adapted to Russian Jewish…

Russian physiologist, born in 1843, he studied at the University of Saint Petersburg, where he obtained in 1862 the degree of bachelor of natural sciences, then was sent abroad for three years by the…

Son of Isaac and brother of Nicolaï Bakst, died on October 8, 1895, he was an interpreter (dragoman) at the Asian department of the Russian Ministry of Foreign Affairs and became known as a…

Hungarian philologist, born in 1864 in Baja, Hungary, he studied philosophy in Budapest, where he obtained a chair at the gymnasium, and devoted his work to philology and general phonetics, collected…

English author and journalist, born in London and trained at University College, where she obtained scholarships in Hebrew and German, she devoted herself to hygiene, notably infant hygiene, giving…

Danish engraver, born in Vejle, in Jutland, on March 22, 1822, and died in Copenhagen on March 21, 1885, he initially intended to pursue painting before turning to a new reproduction technique, the…

Danish physician, born in Copenhagen on 21 October 1802 and died in that city on 24 March 1866, raised by his uncle after the premature death of his parents, he studied at the University of…

Romanian patriot, born in Bucharest on January 29, 1809 and died in Jerusalem on May 2, 1844, from a family in the service of the Phanariote princes, he became fatherless at age twelve and educated…

German publicist, born in Unruhstadt, Germany, on May 17, 1820, and died at Saint-Gratien, near Paris, on February 12, 1893, he studied philosophy and history in Berlin and Paris before becoming…

Hungarian jurist and economist, born in Szeged, Hungary, in 1854, he studied law in Vienna and Budapest and became an authority on monetary questions. His works « Die Vorgeschichte und Finanziellen…

French deputy and physician, born in Strasbourg on September 25, 1825, bachelier in 1843 and doctor of medicine in 1847, he settled in Metz in 1858 and advocated for compulsory education and the…

German rabbi, born in Angenrod, in the Grand Duchy of Hesse-Darmstadt, on November 5, 1834, and died in Königsberg on October 26, 1896, trained at the University of Giessen and the Jewish Theological…

Rabbi and German Talmudic author, born in Wiesenbronn, Bavaria, on May 1, 1835, son of Rabbi Seligman Baer Bamberger, from whom he received his first Talmudic instruction, he passed his rabbinical…

Talmudist of the old school and leader of the Orthodox party in Germany, born in Wiesenbronn, near Kitzingen, in Bavaria, on November 6, 1807, and died in Würzburg on October 13, 1878, he was sent at…

Scholar and philanthropist, born in 1823 in Minsk, Russia, where he died on March 10, 1888, he received solid biblical and talmudic training and gave every day, during the last thirty years of his…

Austrian writer and art critic, born on October 6, 1864, he began writing for the press at a young age — feuilletons, humorous sketches, sports chronicles — before publishing an abundant body of work…

German-American actor, born in Cassel, in Germany, in 1840, he made his debut at eighteen at the court theatre of Neustrelitz, playing mainly Shakespeare in German, before leaving Germany in 1863 for…

English boxer, born in the first quarter of the nineteenth century and died after 1865, he fought from 1853 to 1865 a series of prize-ring matches that remained famous, including a seventy-five round…

German rabbi and scholar, born in Liptó-Szent-Miklós, Hungary, on August 9, 1855, son of Bernhard Baneth, he studied Talmud under his father and then in Pressburg, entered in 1873 the rabbinical…

Hungarian rabbi, born in 1815 in Szécsény and died on October 21, 1871, youngest son of Ezekiel Baneth from whom he inherited a taste for Talmudic studies, he attended the courses of R. Moses Sofer…

Head of the wealthy merchant family of Aden (firm « Menahem Messa », suppliers to the British army), president of the Jewish community of Aden (1926–1937), member of the Royal Victorian Order (1911).…

Russian lawyer, born in Luknik, in the governorate of Kovno, in 1840, and died in Saint-Maurice, Switzerland, on July 29, 1891, he entered in 1860 the University of Saint Petersburg and then, in…

Rabbi of Toultchyn, in Russia, born in Satanov in the first half of the nineteenth century, he is the author of « Sippourim Nifla'im », narratives translated into Hebrew verse (Odessa, 1870), of «…

Hungarian scholar, born in Szentgál, in the comitat of Veszprém, on July 4, 1849, trained at the universities of Budapest, Vienna, Berlin, Göttingen and Leipzig then in Paris and London, he became in…

One of the Beni Israël of Bombay, high-ranking non-commissioned officer (subedar-major) in the British Indian army, died on 14 February 1878 and buried with military honors on special order, he held…

Austrian author and pedagogue, born in Neu-Raussnitz, Moravia, on May 15, 1841, trained in her native region and then in Vienna, where she settled and founded a girls' secondary school; she undertook…

Romanian author and physician, born in Brody, in Galicia, in 1815, and died in Bucharest on 31 March 1863, married against his will at sixteen and then ruined by bad speculation, he emigrated to…

Russian lawyer and censor of Hebrew books, born in Doubno in 1835, graduate of the rabbinical school of Jitomir in 1859 and then of the University of Kiev in 1869, he was appointed in 1871 by the…

Romanian painter

Russian writer and teacher, born in Tourisk, in the province of Volhynia, in 1828, and died in Odessa in 1897(?), presumed descendant of Samuel b. David, author of the « TaZ », he received from his…

Honorary canon of Notre-Dame de Paris, abbé and orientalist, born in 1810 in Auriol, in the Bouches-du-Rhône, and died in 1896 near Marseille, member of the Asiatic Society of Paris from 1835, he…

Austrian actress, born in Kassa, Hungary, on March 2, 1862, sent to Vienna to learn accounting, she actually devoted herself to theatre and made her debut at fifteen in Frankfurt in the role of…

"King of the Diamond," English promoter and speculator, born in London on July 5, 1852 and died by suicide by jumping from the liner "Scot" on June 14, 1897, trained at the Jews' Free School in…

German actor, born in Budapest on February 12, 1842, son of the secretary of the Jewish congregation of the city, he was meant for building but convinced his father to send him to study theater in…

English composer born in Bedford on July 1, 1802 and died in Cheltenham on April 17, 1890, he made his debut as a singer at the Lyceum in 1813 before devoting himself to composition. He achieved his…

English musician, born in London on October 16, 1837, nephew of John Barnett, he was a piano student of Dr Wylde and received the royal scholarship of the Royal Academy of Music in 1850 and then in…

English author, born in Liverpool in 1871, trained at Liverpool High School then at Trinity College, Cambridge, where he distinguished himself particularly in Greek, winning four epigram and Greek…

Surgeon and professor of surgery at Budapest University, born in Gyöngyös on November 23, 1845 and trained in Budapest, son of the secretary of the Jewish community of his native city, he was medical…

German professor of exegesis, philosophy of religion, and Semitic languages, born in Flehingen, Baden, in 1851, he studied Oriental studies in Leipzig under Fleischer and in Strasbourg under Nöldeke,…

First Rebbi of Sert Viznitz

Author of Torah Temimah, commentary linking Written Torah and Oral Law.

German rabbi

Czech rabbi

Polish military rabbi (1897-1940)

Rabbinical scholar (1883-1969)

President (« Baumeister ») of the Jewish community of Frankfurt-am-Main in the early nineteenth century, father of Ludwig Börne, whose grandfather was a financial agent of the Elector of Cologne.…

American physician born in Schwersenz, Prussia, on 29 July 1840, he emigrated to the United States and obtained his medical degree in 1862, then served three years in the Confederate army during the…

Rabbi of Marrakech, nineteenth century. Mentioned in 5619 of the Hebrew era (1859). Recorded in Malkhei Rabbanan (Yosef Ben Naim, 1931), f. 24-2.

Rabbi, nineteenth century. Mentioned in 5571 of the Hebrew era (1811). Son of Yosef, himself son of Daniel. Listed in Malkhei Rabbanan (Yosef Ben Naim, 1931), f. 24-3.

Russian composer and pianist born in Odessa in 1851, died in that same city in 1900. Destined by his father for a commercial career, he turned very early to music and went to study in Vienna, Paris…

Italian lawyer and biblical exegete, born in Gradisca, near Trieste, in Austria, in 1828. After studying law at the University of Padua, he established himself as a lawyer in Trieste, where he…

Italian deputy born in Trieste, Austria, on July 5, 1860, son of the orientalist and archaeologist Giuseppe Barzilai, he studies law at the University of Bologna. Condemned for treason against…

Hungarian painter born in Budapest in 1873. After a year devoted to studies in metallurgy, he went to Munich, where he became a student of Simon Hollósy, then returned to Budapest before leaving for…

Hungarian painter born in Budapest on April 9, 1859, he devoted himself to painting after studying engineering, first becoming a student at the École des Beaux-Arts in Paris, then, in Budapest, a…

Austrian writer and politician born in Prague, Bohemia, in 1813. After teaching at the progressive primary school of Presbourg, he joined Vienna during the troubles of the 1848 revolution and founded…

Austrian physician born in Prague on September 9, 1837, known as the personal physician of Emperor Maximilian of Mexico, whom he accompanied until his death in 1867. Trained at the universities of…

Professor of philosophy at the university of Rennes, born in Budapest, Hungary, in 1863, and son of Raphaël Basch. Established in France from childhood, he studied at the Sorbonne then was appointed…

Italian composer and musicographer born in Livorno December 29, 1818, died in Florence in November 1885. First a physician in Florence, he later devoted himself entirely to music and composed notably…

Italian poet and composer born in Padua 5 June 1851. Trained in Milan, he was one of the favorite pupils of Antonio Bazzini, director of the Milan Conservatoire. His romances for piano or orchestra,…

Missionary in Jassy, Romania, born around 1840 in the province of Mohilev, Russia. In 1869, he went to Constantinople, where English missionaries converted him to Christianity. He is the author of a…

Hungarian composer born in Budapest on February 23, 1860. Trained at the National Conservatory and the Academy of Music in his native city, he had Robert Volkmann as his composition teacher, who…