David Günzburg

David Günzburg

Baron David Goratsiyevich Günzburg (Барон Давид Горациевич Гинцбург David Goratsievich Gintsburg, July 5, 1857, Kamenetzetz-Podolsk - December 22, 1910, St. Petersburg), 4th Baron de Günzburg, was a Russian orientalist and Jewish communal leader. He was the son of Baron Horace de Günzburg. His grandfather Baron Joseph Günzburg, was ennobled by the Grand Duchy of Hesse, and founded World ORT, non-profit non-governmental organization whose mission is the advancement of Jewish and other people through training and education with past or present involvement in over 100 countries.

Günzburg was born in present-day Ukraine, then part of the Russian Empire. He was educated at home, his teachers being Adolph Neubauer, Senior Sachs, and Hirsch Rabinovich. At the age of twenty he received the degree of "candidate" at St. Petersburg University, after having attended the lectures of Stanislas Guyard at Paris and Baron Rosen at St. Petersburg; later he studied Arabic poetry under Orientalist Wilhelm Ahlwardt (1828-1909) at Greifswald (1879-80).

He edited the Tarshish of Rabbi Moses ibn Ezra in a fascicle which was issued by the Meqitze Nirdamim Society, and prepared for the press the Arabic translation of the same work, with a commentary. He published also Ibn Guzman (Berlin), and wrote a series of articles on "Metrics[disambiguation needed ]", published in the memoirs of the Oriental Department of the Russian Archeological Society (1893) and of the Neo-Philological Society (1892), in the "Journal" of the Ministry of Public Instruction of Russia, and elsewhere.

Günzburg was an enthusiastic patron of Jewish art, and published, with Stassov, L'Ornement Hébreu (Berlin, 1903). In this book he gives examples of Jewish ornamentation from various manuscripts from Syria, Africa, and Yemen. He edited a catalogue of the manuscripts in the Institute for Oriental Languages. He also contributed largely to the Revue des Études Juives, to the Revue Critique, to Voskhod, to Ha-Yom, and to the collections of articles in honor of Zunz, Steinschneider, Baron Rosen, etc.

Günzburg's personal library was one of the largest private libraries in Europe, and contained many rare books and manuscripts. He was one of the trustees of the St. Petersburg community, a member of the "Committee for the Promotion of Culture Among the Jews of Russia", the central committee of the Jewish Colonization Association, the Society for Oriental Studies, the Scientific Committee of the Russian Department of Public Instruction, and a life-member of the Archeological Society of St. Petersburg and of the Société Asiatique of Paris.

He was a contributor to the Jewish Encyclopedia as Baron David von Günzburg (D. G.).

In the film Nijinsky (1980), directed by Herbert Ross, Baron de Günzburg is played by Alan Badel.

Günzburg's granddaughter is the American author Monique Raphel High.

He is not David Naumovich Ginzburg (Давид Наумович Гинзбург) (1890-1938)

See also

  • Günzburg
    • Baron Joseph Günzburg, Osip Gintsburg, or Iosif-Evzel Gabrielovich Gintsburg (1812, Vitebsk - 1878, Paris), Industrialist ([1])
      • Baron Horace Günzburg, Goratsiy Evzelevich Gintsburg, Naftali-Gerts Evzelevich Ginstsburg (1833, Zvenigorodka, Kiev province - 1909, St. Petersburg), Financier, Industrialist ([2])
        • Baron Alexander Günzburg, Aleksandr Goratsievich Gintsburg (1863, Paris - 1948, Switzerland)

External links

References


Wikimedia Foundation. 2010.

Игры ⚽ Нужно сделать НИР?

Look at other dictionaries:

  • Günzburg (surname) — Günzburg is a surname of Bavarian origin.History of the nameThe Günzburg ( ru. Гинзбург, Гинцбург Ginzburg , Gintsburg ; גינזבורג) family originated in the town of Günzburg, Bavaria. It is believed that the family went there from the city of Ulm …   Wikipedia

  • David Blackbourn — (* 1949) ist ein britischer Historiker, der auf Deutsche und moderne europäische Geschichte spezialisiert ist. Er ist „Coolidge Professor of History“ an der Harvard University und dort Leiter des „Minda de Gunzburg Center for European Studies“.… …   Deutsch Wikipedia

  • Günzburg, David, Baron — ▪ Russian Hebraist and community leader born July 5, 1857, Kamenets Podolsky, Ukraine, Russian Empire [now Kam yanets Podilskyy, Ukraine] died Dec. 22, 1910, St. Petersburg, Russia       prominent Orientalist and Hebraist, Russian Jewish… …   Universalium

  • Günzburg, Horace, Baron — ▪ Russian philanthropist and civil rights activist born Feb. 8, 1833, Zvenigorodka, Russia died March 2, 1909, St. Petersburg       Russian businessman, philanthropist, and vigilant fighter for the rights of his Jewish co religionists in the… …   Universalium

  • Günzburg, Joseph, Baron — ▪ Russian philanthropist and banker born 1812, Vitebsk, Russia died Jan. 12, 1878, Paris       Jewish philanthropist, banker, and financier who contributed much to the industrialization of 19th century Russia and who successfully fought some of… …   Universalium

  • Günzburg, David — (1857 1910)    Russian scholar and orientalist, son of Horace Günzburg. He was born in Kamenets Podolskiy. He published studies on oriental subjects and linguistics and medieval Arabic poetry. He was active in the St Petersburg Jewish community… …   Dictionary of Jewish Biography

  • Horace Günzburg — Baron Horace Günzburg (Baron Goratsii Evzelevich Gintsburg, Барон Гораций Евзелевич Гинцбург, ( Naftali Gerts Evzelevich Gintsburg ) February 8, 1833 Zvenigorodka, government ( guberniya ) of Kiev, Russia – March 2, 1909, St. Petersburg, buried… …   Wikipedia

  • L'Étrange Aventure de David Gray — Vampyr Vampyr, ou l Étrange Aventure de David Gray (Vampyr Der Traum des Allan Grey) est un film danois de Carl Theodor Dreyer sorti en 1932. Vampyr est le titre communément utilisé pour ce film. Sommaire 1 Synopsis 2 Fiche technique 3 …   Wikipédia en Français

  • L'étrange aventure de David Gray — Vampyr Vampyr, ou l Étrange Aventure de David Gray (Vampyr Der Traum des Allan Grey) est un film danois de Carl Theodor Dreyer sorti en 1932. Vampyr est le titre communément utilisé pour ce film. Sommaire 1 Synopsis 2 Fiche technique 3 …   Wikipédia en Français

  • Vampyr, ou l'Étrange Aventure de David Gray — Vampyr Vampyr, ou l Étrange Aventure de David Gray (Vampyr Der Traum des Allan Grey) est un film danois de Carl Theodor Dreyer sorti en 1932. Vampyr est le titre communément utilisé pour ce film. Sommaire 1 Synopsis 2 Fiche technique 3 …   Wikipédia en Français

Share the article and excerpts

Direct link
Do a right-click on the link above
and select “Copy Link”