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Harry S. Lewis

1861 – 1940

British writer

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Lived 1861 – 1940 (aged 78–79). Harry S. Lewis was a writer.

Harry Samuel Lewis (; 1861 – 27 April 1940) was an English author and communal worker of Jewish extraction. He was born in London in 1861; educated at King's College School and St. John's College, Cambridge (B.A. 1884). At Cambridge he was one of the earliest to take honors in the Semitic languages tripos and was Hebrew scholar at his college. After leaving college he took residence at Toynbee Hall, Whitechapel, and devoted himself to social work among the Jews of the East End. In connection with this he published, with E. J. Russel, The Jew in London (London, 1900). He edited The Targum on Isaiah I-V, with Commentary (London: Truebner & Co., 1889).

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1861
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St John's College, King's College School
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Harry Samuel Lewis

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Who was Harry S. Lewis?

British writer (1861–1940)

When was Harry S. Lewis born?

Harry S. Lewis was born in 1861.

When did Harry S. Lewis die?

Harry S. Lewis died on 27 April 1940.

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Harry S. Lewis was a writer.

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· Wikidata: Q5672103

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