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Kayserling, Meyer

The 1901 Jewish Encyclopedia

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German rabbi and historian; born in Hanover June 17, 1829; died at Budapest, April 21, 1905; educated at Halberstadt, Nikolsburg (Moravia), Prague, Würzburg, and Berlin. He devoted himself to history and philosophy. Encouraged in historical researches by Leopold von Ranke, Kayserling turned his attention to the history and literature of the Jews of the Pyrenean peninsula. In 1861 the Aargau government appointed him rabbi of the Swiss Jews, which office he held until 1870. During his residence in Switzerland he developed a zealous activity in favor of civil equality for his coreligionists, both then and later valiantly facing the charges brought against them. In 1870 he accepted a call as preacher and rabbi to the Jewish community of Budapest. Kayserling, who is a member of the Royal Academy in Madrid, of the Trinity Historical Society, etc., is the author of the following works:


Meyer Kayserling.

Besides these works and a number of sermons published at different times, Kayserling has contributed to the different Jewish magazines published in Hebrew, German, English, and French; he has also issued a new revised edition of Hecht's "Handbuch der Israelitischen Gesch." (1874; 7th ed., 1901); and since 1884 he has prepared that part of the "Jahresberichte der Geschichtsforschung" (Berlin) which treats of the Jews.

Bibliography:
  • Meyers Konversations-Lexikon;
  • Men of the Time, London;
  • Morais, Eminent Israelites of the Nineteenth Century, Philadelphia;
  • Pallas Lex.;
  • Das Literarische Deutschland, Berlin, 1887.
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Singer, Isidore, Ph.D, Projector and Managing Editor. Entry for 'Kayserling, Meyer'. 1901 The Jewish Encyclopedia. https://www.studylight.org/​encyclopedias/​eng/​tje/​k/kayserling-meyer.html. 1901.
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