Deutsch, Emanuel, 1829-1873
Variant namesEmanuel Deutsch was born in Germany of Jewish descent. He worked as a book cataloger for the British Museum, and in 1866 published an article in the Quarterly review, introducing the Talmud to a Christian audience and seeking to ease relations between the two religions. He visited Palestine in 1869 and became a Zionist. His friendship with George Eliot influenced her Zionist tendencies, espoused in her novel Daniel Deronda, in which the character of Mordecai is modeled on Deutsch.
From the description of Emanuel Deutsch letter to William Hepworth Dixon, 1865 Feb. 8. (Pennsylvania State University Libraries). WorldCat record id: 50699180
Semitic scholar.
From the description of Autograph letter signed : British Museum, to Sir Henry [Rawlinson], 1869 June 27. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 270870659
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| referencedIn | Smith, William, Sir, 1813-1893. Autograph letter signed : [London], to Sir Henry Rawlinson, 1867 Nov. 1. | Pierpont Morgan Library. | |
| creatorOf | Eliot, George, 1819-1880. [Letters to Emanuel Deutsch]. | University of California, Los Angeles | |
| creatorOf | Deutsch, Emanuel, 1829-1873. Autograph letter signed : British Museum, to Sir Henry [Rawlinson], 1869 June 27. | Pierpont Morgan Library. | |
| referencedIn | Victorian portrait collection, ca. 1860-1900. | Harvard Theater Collection, Houghton Library, Harvard College Library, Harvard University | |
| creatorOf | Eliot, George, 1819-1880. ALS : Regent's Park, to Emanuel Deutsch, [ca. 1870]. | Rosenbach Museum & Library | |
| referencedIn | Papers about eminent German Jews in Victorian Britain and Ireland, c.1907-77 | University of Southampton Libaries Special Collections | |
| creatorOf | Deutsch, Emanuel, 1829-1873. Emanuel Deutsch letter to William Hepworth Dixon, 1865 Feb. 8. | Pennsylvania State University Libraries |
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| associatedWith | Cahoon, Herbert, 1918- | person |
| associatedWith | Dixon, William Hepworth, 1821-1879, | person |
| associatedWith | Eliot, George, 1819-1880. | person |
| associatedWith | Rawlinson, Henry, Sir, | person |
| associatedWith | Smith, William, Sir, 1813-1893. | person |
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Person
Birth 1829
Death 1873-10-28
