Akiba Lehren, Date of Birth, Date of Death

Akiba Lehren

Dutch banker

Date of Birth: 30-Jul-1795

Date of Death: 19-Nov-1876

Profession: banker

Nationality: Netherlands

Zodiac Sign: Leo

Akiba Mozes Lehren (July 30, 1795 – November 19, 1876) was a Dutch banker and communal worker, younger brother of ?ebi Hirsch Lehren and Jacob Meïr Lehren. He was president of the organization Pekidim and Amarcalim of Amsterdam, and in 1844 became involved in the literary dispute of his brother Hirsch concerning the administration of the ?alu??ah (see Fürst in Der Orient, 1844, p.
17).
He died in Amsterdam on November 19, 1876. Both Akiba and his brother Meïr possessed very rich and valuable collections of Hebrew books, a sale catalogue of which was arranged and published by J.
L.
Joachimsthal, Amsterdam, 1899 (comp.
Zeit.
für Hebr.
Bibl.
1899, p.
152).
Akiba published a very poor edition of Isaac ben Moses' Or Zarua', parts i.
and ii., according to an Amsterdam manuscript, Jitomir, 1862 (Steinschneider, Zeit.
für Hebr.
Bibl.
viii.
1 et seq.).