About Moses Reicherson
Lived 1827 – 1903 (aged 75). Moses Reicherson was a Russian and American poet, writer and translator.
Moses Reicherson (; 5 October 1827 – 3 April 1903) was Hebrew grammarian, translator, biblical commentator, and poet.
Selected biography Reicherson was born in 1827 in Vilnius, where he was a childhood friend of J. L. Gordon.
After studying Talmud, Hebrew, and European languages, he became a Hebrew teacher and a proofreader and editor for publishing houses. In 1890 or 1892 he emigrated to New York where he lived in poverty. He worked as a melamed at the Uptown Talmud Torah in Harlem, becoming its principal by 1901.
Reicherson died in New York in 1903.
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Who was Moses Reicherson?
American Hebrew author and grammarian
When was Moses Reicherson born?
Moses Reicherson was born on 5 October 1827 in Vilnius.
When did Moses Reicherson die?
Moses Reicherson died on 3 April 1903 in New York City.
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Moses Reicherson was a poet, writer and translator.
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Moses Reicherson was Russian and American.
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