Sigmund Mannheimer
Sigmund Mannheimer (May 16, 1835 – December 18, 1909) was a German-born Jewish-American educator.
Life
Mannheimer was born on May 16, 1835, in Kemel, Duchy of Nassau,[1] the son of Simon Mannheimer and Yette Levi.[2]
Mannheimer attended the teachers' seminary in Bad Ems. He started working as a teacher in the Jewish school in Schierstein in 1853. He then worked as a teacher in the Jewish school in Hegenheim in 1858. He entered the University of Paris in 1861, graduating from there with a Bachelier ès Lettres in 1863. He began working for the University as Professor of German in 1864. In 1858, he published a German translation of T. Klein's "Die Wahrheit über den Talmud."[3]
In 1869, Mannheimer married Louise Herschman in a ceremony conducted by Rabbi David Einhorn.[4] Louise
Mannheimer died from myocarditis at the Home of Jewish Aged and Infirm in Cincinnati on December 18, 1909.[5] He was attending services at the Home's chapel[6] when he collapsed shortly after sitting down next to Gotthard Deutsch.[7] He was buried in the Walnut Hills Jewish Cemetery.[8]
References
- ^ Year Book of the Central Conference of American Rabbis, 1910. Vol. XX. 1911. pp. 170–175 – via Google Books.
- ^ Adler, Cyrus; Szold, Henrietta, eds. (1904). The American Jewish Year Book, 5665. Philadelphia, P.A.: The Jewish Publication Society of America. p. 150 – via Google Books.
- ^ Adler, Cyrus; Frederick T., Haneman. "MANNHEIMER, SIGMUND". The Jewish Encyclopedia. Retrieved 2024-04-15.
- ^ "M-M-1869-0001124". The NYC Historical Vital Records Project. 16 February 1869.
- ^ "Ohio Deaths, 1908-1953", , FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:X6DL-FMK : Sat Mar 09 17:04:37 UTC 2024), Entry for Siegmund Mannheimer and Simon Mannheimer, 1909.
- ^ "PROF. S. MANNHEIMER". The Jewish Voice. Vol. XLVII, no. 26. St. Louis, M.O. 24 December 1909. p. 3 – via Historical Jewish Press.
- ^ "PROF. S. MANNHEIMER". The Jewish Voice. Vol. XLVII, no. 27. St. Louis, M.O. 31 December 1909. p. 3 – via Historical Jewish Press.
- ^ "Sigmund MANNHEIMER". Jewish Cemeteries of Greater Cincinnati. Retrieved 2024-04-15.