biography
| name: |
Gottheil, Richard James Horatio
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pronunciation:
[gothiyl]
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| male
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| lived:
| (1862–1936)
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| biography:
| Scholar, born in Manchester, Greater Manchester, NW England, UK. He went to the USA in 1873 when his father, Gustav Gottheil, became rabbi of a New York temple. He was professor of rabbinical literature and Semitic languages at Columbia University from 1892 until his death. In 1896 he became chief of the Oriental Division of the New York Public Library, and was founder of the Federation of American Zionists. |
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