Hermann Rosenthal (1843, Friedrichstadt , Courland Province, Russian Empire - 1917, USA) - American poet , publicist , traveler , librarian and translator of Russian origin, head of the Russian department of the first Jewish encyclopedia (New York, 1901-1906). A polyglot and an expert on the Hebrew language , in which he published the magazine “Ha-Modia le-Chodaschim”. [four]
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| Place of Birth | Friedrichstadt , Kurland Province , Russian Empire |
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Biography
Born in 1843 in Friedrichstadt of the Province of Courland (now Jaunjelgava , Latvia). Early began to translate Russian poets into German, as well as writing poems on their own. [four]
In 1881 he went to America with the aim of founding Jewish agricultural colonies there, which he devoted several years of his life to. At one time, he published the magazine Der Jüdischer Farmer. [four]
In 1892, on the instructions of the railway company, he went on an expedition to study the economic conditions of China, Japan and Korea, and in 1893 published a report on this trip. [four]
From 1898 he held the position of librarian in the Slavic branch of the New York Public Library . Together with Singer, he organized the Russian department in preparing the publication of the 12-volume Jewish encyclopedia in English " Jewish Encyclopedia " (ed. "Funk and Wagnalls Company", 1901-1906) and since December 1900 headed this department. [four]
He published a magazine in the Hebrew language - “Ha-Modia le-Chodaschim” [4] .
Editions
- Collection of Poems (Gediente, 1870)
- Collections of poems "Worte des Sammlers" and "Lied der Lieder" (1893); Spätherbstabend Poems (1906)
He is the author of numerous publications in various periodicals in English, mainly in Russian and Russian-Jewish affairs. Translated and published memoirs of the governor of Prince Urusov (Prince George Urusov. Mémoires of a Russian Governor, 1908 [5] ). [four]
Notes
- ↑ 1 2 SNAC - 2010.
- ↑ National Library of Australia - 1960.
- ↑ Faceted Application of Subject Terminology
- ↑ 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 Rosenthal, Herman // Jewish Encyclopedia of Brockhaus and Efron . - SPb. 1908-1913.
- ↑ Memoirs of a Russian governor / archive.org
Links
- Rosenthal, Herman / JewishEncyclopedia.com