Joseph Klausner
Lithuanian historian
Died when: 84 years 68 days (1010 months)Star Sign: Leo
Joseph Gedaliah Klausner (Hebrew: ???? ????? ??????; 20 August 1874 – 27 October 1958), was a Lithuanian-born Israeli historian and professor of Hebrew literature. He was the chief redactor of the Encyclopedia Hebraica.
He was a candidate for president in the first Israeli presidential election in 1949, losing to Chaim Weizmann. Klausner was the great uncle of Israeli author Amos Oz.
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