Gurion Hyman, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death

Gurion Hyman

Canadian academic

Date of Birth: 09-Jan-1925

Place of Birth: Toronto, Ontario, Canada

Date of Death: 02-Dec-2017

Profession: poet, anthropologist, linguist

Nationality: Canada

Zodiac Sign: Capricorn

Gurion Joseph Hyman (January 9, 1925 - December 2, 2017) was a Canadian anthropologist, linguist, pharmacist, composer, artist and translator.
Primary contributions have been (a) liturgical compositions for the Passover Haggadah and Sabbath prayer service, (b) translations into English as well as the setting to music of several internationally acclaimed Yiddish poets, (c) an (ongoing) project to write an etymological dictionary of Yiddish, and (d) proprietor of the second branch of Hyman's Book and Art Shoppe.