Shemuel Yeivin
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Shmuel Yeivin (Hebrew: שמואל ייבין) (September 2, 1896 - February 28, 1982) was an Israeli archaeologist.
Biography
Yeivin was born in 1896 in Odessa, in the Jewish Pale of Settlement in the Russian Empire (now in Ukraine). He emigrated to Ottoman Palestine in 1905.
He was the inaugural Director of the Israeli Department of Antiquities, holding the position from the foundation of the Department on July 26, 1948, until 1961.
Awards
- In 1955, Yeivin was the joint recipient (together with Michael Avi-Yonah) of the Bialik Prize for Jewish thought.[1]
- In 1968, Yeivin was awarded the Israel Prize, for Jewish studies.[2]
References
- ^ "List of Bialik Prize recipients 1933-2004 (in Hebrew), Tel Aviv Municipality website" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 2007-12-17.
- ^ "Israel Prize Official Site - Recipients in 1968 (in Hebrew)".
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