Benvenisti, David
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Name (Hebrew)
בנבנשתי, דוד, 1897-1993
Name (Latin)
Benvenisti, David
Name (Arabic)
بنبنشتى، دافيد
Other forms of name
Benvenisti, David 1897-
Benbenishty, David
בן ויניסטי, דוד, 1897-1993
בנבניסטי, דוד, 1897-1993
בנבנישתי, דוד, 1897-1993
בנבנשת, דוד, 1897-1993
בנבנישתי, דוד בן שמואל
Date of birth
1897-01-25
Date of death
1993-05-16
Place of birth
Thessalonikē (Greece)
Place of death
Jerusalem (Israel)
Gender
male
Biographical or Historical Data
מקום לידה: שאלוניקי
מקום לידה: Thessaloniki
תאריך לידה עברי: כב שבט תרנ"ז [25.1.1897]
מקום פטירה: ירושלים
מקום פטירה: Jerusalem
תאריך פטירה עברי: כה אייר תשנ"ג [16.5.1993].
תאריך עליה: עלה ארצה בשנת תרע"ד [1913].
Sources of Information
- LCN: Not the David Benvenisti, 1892-1940, who was a member of the Tel-Aviv municipal council.
- The Author's מורה דרך בארץ ישראל, תרצ"ח 1937.
- Record enhanced with data from Bibliography of the Hebrew Book database
- מ. ד. גאון, יהודי המזרח בארץ ישראל, חלק ב, ירושלים תרצ"ח, עמוד 163.
- הארץ, 17.5.1993. David Benvenisti (Hebrew: דוד בנבנשתי, Thessaloniki, 1897 - Jerusalem, 1993; a descendant of a known rabbis family in Thessaloniki) was a geographer and educator; received the 'Israel Prize' of 1982 for his life achievements in education and geography of Israel; and the Yakir Yerushalayim in 1969. ( (Wikipedia, 01.12.2015:) )
Wikipedia description:
David Benvenisti (Hebrew: דוד בנבנשתי) (January 25, 1897 in Thessaloniki – May 16, 1993 in Jerusalem) a descendant of a known rabbis family in Thessaloniki) was a geographer and educator; received the 'Israel Prize' of 1982 for his life achievements in education and geography of Israel; and the Yakir Yerushalayim in 1969. Benvenisti was married to Leah Friedman from Suwałki, Poland. His sons are: Meron Benvenisti, a historian and writer who was the deputy mayor of Jerusalem for many years; and Refael (Rafi) Benvenisti, an economist and historian. His grandson is Eyal Benvenisti, a professor of law at Cambridge University.
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