Eliezer Ben‑Yehuda was a Russian-Jewish linguist, lexicographer, and journalist. He is renowned as the lexicographer of the first Hebrew dictionary and also as the editor of Jerusalem-based HaZvi, one of the first Hebrew newspapers published in... Wikipedia
Born: January 7, 1858, Vilna Governorate
Died: December 16, 1922 (age 64 years), Jerusalem
Children: Itamar Ben-Avi and Dola Ben-Yehuda Wittmann
Spouse: Hemda Ben-Yehuda (m. 1892–1922) and Devora Jonas (m. 1881–1891)
Parents: Yehuda Leib and Feyga Perelman
Grandchild: Drora Ben Avi
Movement: Zionism
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