| Code | DS/UK/1306 |
| Dates | 13/09/1863-07/04/1940 |
| Person Name | Adler; Cyrus (13/09/1863-07/04/1940) |
| Surname | Adler |
| Forenames | Cyrus |
| Activity | Scholar of Semitic languages, jewish religious leader; taught Semitic languages at Johns Hopkins University (1884-1893); librarian of the Smithsonian Institution (1892-1905); Editor of the Jewish Encyclopedia; participarted in the Paris Peace Conference in 1919; founding member of the Oriental Club of Philadelphia. |
| Relationships | Married (1905) Racie Friedenwald; father of Sarah Adler. |
| History | Studied at Semitics (BA University of Pennsylvania, 1883); Ph.D. (Johns Hopkins University, 1887). |
| Source | Encyclopedia Britannica; "Cyrus Adler" in en.wikipedia. URL: <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cyrus_Adler> [accessed 12/06/2011]. |
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