'Alexander Harkavy was a Russian-born American writer, lexicographer and linguist. Alexander was educated privately, and at an early age evinced a predilection for philology. In 1879 he went to Vilna, where he worked in the printing-office of the Romm Brothers. In 1882 he went to the United States, in 1885 to Paris; he subsequently returned to America, and settled in New York, where he resided in 1903. He was one of the contributors to the Jewish Encyclopedia.

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  • 'Alexander Harkavy was a Russian-born American writer, lexicographer and linguist. Alexander was educated privately, and at an early age evinced a predilection for philology. In 1879 he went to Vilna, where he worked in the printing-office of the Romm Brothers. In 1882 he went to the United States, in 1885 to Paris; he subsequently returned to America, and settled in New York, where he resided in 1903. He was one of the contributors to the Jewish Encyclopedia.
  • Alexander Harkavy, * 5. Mai 1863 in Nawahradak; † 2. November 1939 in New York, war ein jiddischer Schriftsteller, Lexikograph und Linguist, der sich insbesondere nach seiner Emigration in die USA um die Erforschung und Pflege der jiddischen Sprache verdient gemacht hat.
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  • 'Alexander Harkavy was a Russian-born American writer, lexicographer and linguist. Alexander was educated privately, and at an early age evinced a predilection for philology. In 1879 he went to Vilna, where he worked in the printing-office of the Romm Brothers. In 1882 he went to the United States, in 1885 to Paris; he subsequently returned to America, and settled in New York, where he resided in 1903. He was one of the contributors to the Jewish Encyclopedia.
  • Alexander Harkavy, * 5. Mai 1863 in Nawahradak; † 2. November 1939 in New York, war ein jiddischer Schriftsteller, Lexikograph und Linguist, der sich insbesondere nach seiner Emigration in die USA um die Erforschung und Pflege der jiddischen Sprache verdient gemacht hat.
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