Wilhelm Bacher, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death

Wilhelm Bacher

Hungarian academic

Date of Birth: 12-Jan-1850

Place of Birth: Liptovský Mikuláš, Slovak Socialist Republic, Slovakia

Date of Death: 25-Dec-1913

Profession: professor, rabbi, historian, Judaic scholar, linguist

Nationality: Hungary

Zodiac Sign: Capricorn

Wilhelm Bacher (Hungarian: Bacher Vilmos; Yiddish: ????????????????? ?????????, Hebrew: ????????????????? ???? Benjamin Ze'ev Bacher; 12 January 1850 – 25 December 1913) was a Jewish Hungarian scholar, rabbi, Orientalist and linguist, born in Liptó-Szent-Miklós, Hungary (today Liptovský Mikuláš, Slovakia) to the Hebrew writer Simon Bacher.
Wilhelm was himself a prolific writer, authoring or co-authoring approximately 750 works.
He was a contributor to many encyclopedias, and was a major contributor to the landmark Jewish Encyclopedia throughout all its 12 volumes (Dotan 1977).
Although almost all of Bacher's works were written in German or Hungarian, at the urging of Hayyim Nahman Bialik many were subsequently translated into Hebrew by Alexander Siskind Rabinovitz.