William Chomsky, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death

William Chomsky

Hebrew grammarian, father of Noam

Date of Birth: 15-Jan-1896

Place of Birth: Kupil, Khmelnytsky Oblast, Ukraine

Date of Death: 21-Jul-1977

Profession: writer, grammarian, author, university teacher, hebraist, linguist, trade unionist

Nationality: United States

Zodiac Sign: Capricorn

Zeev "William" Chomsky (Ukrainian: ???? ????????, Yiddish: ??? ???????, January 15, 1896 – July 19, 1977) was an American scholar of Hebrew.
He was born in Ukraine (then a part of the Russian Empire) and settled in the United States in 1913.
From 1924, he was a member of faculty at the Jewish teacher training institution, Gratz College, becoming faculty president in 1932, where he remained until 1969.
In 1955, he also began teaching courses at Dropsie College to which he was affiliated until 1977.