Moses Mendelssohn, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death

Moses Mendelssohn

German Jewish philosopher and theologian

Date of Birth: 06-Sep-1729

Place of Birth: Dessau, Saxony-Anhalt, Germany

Date of Death: 04-Jan-1786

Profession: writer, rabbi, translator, philosopher, Bible translator

Nationality: Germany

Zodiac Sign: Virgo

Moses Mendelssohn (6 September 1729 – 4 January 1786) was a German Jewish philosopher to whose ideas the Haskalah, the 'Jewish enlightenment' of the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries, is indebted. Born to a poor Jewish family in Dessau, Principality of Anhalt, and originally destined for a rabbinical career, Mendelssohn educated himself in German thought and literature and from his writings on philosophy and religion came to be regarded as a leading cultural figure of his time by both Christian and Jewish inhabitants of German-speaking Europe and beyond.
He also established himself as an important figure in the Berlin textile industry, which was the foundation of his family's wealth. His descendants include the composers Fanny and Felix Mendelssohn; Felix's son, chemist Paul Mendelssohn Bartholdy; Fanny's grandsons, Paul and Kurt Hensel; and the founders of the Mendelssohn & Co.
banking house.



Description	Swiss-German painter and university teacher
Date of birth/death	18 November 1736	22 June 1813
Location of birth/death	Winterthur	Dresden
Work location	Dresden, Augsburg, Munich, Berlin, Regensburg, Zürich, Winterthur
Authority control	: Q310213 VIAF: 17493289 ISNI: 0000 0001 1947 1919 ULAN: 500027163 LCCN: n85191677 NLA: 35696979 WorldCat