Abigail Lindo
Abigail Lindo | |
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| Born | 3 August 1803 |
| Died | 28 August 1848 |
| Nationality | United Kingdom |
Abigail Lindo (3 August 1803 – 28 August 1848) was a British lexicographer. She was the first British Jew to compile a Hebrew-English dictionary.
Life
Lindo was born in London in 1803.[1] She was one of the eighteen children of David Abarbanel Lindo.[2]
She came to prominence after she created an English-Hebrew dictionary for her own use. Encouraged by her uncle, she published her work in 1837.[3] She was the first British Jew to compile and publish a Hebrew-English dictionary.[2] The list was later extended.[1] One source says that ""A Hebrew-English and English-Hebrew Dictionary" by Lindo was published in 1846.[4]
Lindo died in London in 1848.[1]
References
- ^ a b c Miriam Rodrigues-Pereira, ‘Lindo, Abigail (1803–1848)’, Oxford Dictionary of National Biography, Oxford University Press, 2004; online edn, Sept 2015 accessed 1 April 2017
- ^ a b W. Rubinstein; Michael A. Jolles (27 January 2011). The Palgrave Dictionary of Anglo-Jewish History. Palgrave Macmillan UK. p. 597. ISBN 978-0-230-30466-6.
- ^ Shimeon Brisman (2000). A History and Guide to Judaic Dictionaries and Concordances. KTAV Publishing House, Inc. p. 73. ISBN 978-0-88125-658-1.
- ^ Hebrew Dictionaries, Jewish Encyclodeia, Retrieved 1 April 2017
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