Vilna Gaon
Rabbi
Elijah ben Solomon Zalman, also known as the Vilna Gaon Yiddish: דער װילנער גאון Der Vilner Goen; Polish: Gaon z Wilna, Gaon Wileński; or Elijah of Vilna, or by his Hebrew acronym Gra ("Gaon Rabbenu Eliyahu": "Our great teacher Elijah"; Sialiec,... Wikipedia
Born: April 23, 1720, Syalets, Belarus
Died: October 9, 1797 (age 77 years), Vilnius, Lithuania
Place of burial: Užupis Jewish Cemetery
Children: Abraham ben Elijah of Vilna
Yahrtzeit: 19 Tishrei