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Schechter, Salomon.
Adm. a Member of CHRIST'S, Feb. 19, 1892; M.A. 1892; Litt.D. 1898. [A Rumanian.
Educated in Vienna and in Berlin.] With Dr C. Taylor of St John's, brought the Taylor-Schechter collection of MSS. to Cambridge.
University Lecturer in Talmudic, 1890-1; Reader in Talmudic and Rabbinic Literature, 1892-1902.
Curator of Oriental Literature in the University Library.
Goldsmid Professor of Hebrew at University College, London, 1898-1902.
President of the Jewish theological seminary of New York, 1902-15.
Founder of the United Synagogue of America.
Author, Aboth de Rabbi Nathan; Studies in Judaism; The Wisdom of Ben Sira; Midrash Hag-Gadol; Saadyana; Some Aspects of Rabbinic Theology; etc.
Died Nov. 19, 1915, in New York.
(Cambridge Hebrew Congregation Book of Memorial; Peile, II. 773; The Times, Nov. 22, 1915.)
Salomon SCHECHTER
Approx. lifespan: 1860–1915
Adm. a
Member of: Christ's College 1892:02:19
MA 1892
LittD 1898
A Rumanian
Educated in Vienna, [ Austria ] and Berlin, [ Germany ]
With Dr C. TAYLOR of St John's College brought the Taylor-Schechter collection of MSS. to CB, [ Cambridgeshire ]
University Lecturer in: Talmudic 1890-91
Reader in Talmudic and Rabbinic Literature 1892-1902
Curator of: : Oriental Literature in University Library
Goldsmid Professor of Hebrew: Sch: University College London 1898-1902
President of: : Jewish theological seminary of New York, [ USA ] 1902-15
Founder of: : United Synagogue of America
Publ.: Aboth de Rabbi Nathan; Studies in Judaism; The Wisdom of Ben Sira; Midrash Hag-Gadol; Saadyana; Some Aspects of Rabbinic Theology ; etc.
d. 1915:11:19 in New York, [ USA ]
( Camb. Hebrew Congregation Book of Memorial; Peile, II. 773; The Times 1915:11:22)

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