About Esaias Levison
Lived 1803 – 1891 (aged 87). Esaias Levison was a teacher.
Esaias Levison (April 22, 1803 – March 23, 1891) was a Danish educator and author.
Biography Esaias Levison was born into a Jewish family in Copenhagen in 1803. He received a Bachelor of Arts degree from the University of Copenhagen in 1823. The following year, Levison began working as a tutor at a Jewish school in Copenhagen, a position he held until two years before his death.
Over his career, Levison authored several religious and educational works, including a Jewish prayer book containing Hebrew text alongside a Danish translation (1833). He also translated Edward Bulwer-Lytton's novel Paul Clifford into Danish. From 1837 to 1838, he served as co-editor of the Danish political periodical Borgervennen, to which he contributed several articles.
The University of Kiel awarded him an honorary Ph.D. degree in 1837.
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Danish educator and author
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Esaias Levison was born on 22 April 1803.
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Esaias Levison died on 23 March 1891.
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Esaias Levison was a teacher.
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