Abraham Benisch

Abraham Benisch

Abraham Benisch (1811, Drosau, Bohemia-1878, London) was a Hebraist and journalist.

He studied medicine at Vienna but abandoned his studies and moved to England in 1841. He was the editor of the "Jewish Chronicle", 1854-69 and 1875-8 and zealously promoted the cause of his fellow Jews. He published several works on Hebrew literature.

References

* Concise Dictionary of National Biography


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