Louis Heilprin, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death

    

Louis Heilprin

Hungarian American author

Date of Birth: 01-Jan-1851

Place of Birth: Miskolc, Borsod-Abaúj-Zemplén County, Hungary

Date of Death: 12-Feb-1912

Profession: historian

Nationality: United States

Zodiac Sign: Capricorn


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About Louis Heilprin

  • Louis Heilprin (1851–1912) was a Hungarian American author, historian, and encyclopedia editor.
  • He was born in Miskolc, Hungary in 1851.
  • His father, Michael, son of Phineas Mendel, was also an encyclopedist and scholar of Hebrew history and literature and a follower of Lajos Kossuth.
  • He had a younger brother Angelo who was a professor at the Philadelphia Academy of Sciences and two sisters.
  • The family left Hungary as refugees in 1856.
  • Heilprin was educated by his father. Louis and his father were both contributors to the American Encyclopedia, Century Encyclopedia of Names, New International Encyclopedia, and Lippincott's Pronouncing Gazetteer.
  • He also wrote articles for The Evening Post and The Nation.

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