Joseph Klausner, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death

Joseph Klausner

Jewish historian

Date of Birth: 14-Aug-1874

Place of Birth: Valkininkai, Alytus County, Lithuania

Date of Death: 27-Oct-1958

Profession: writer, historian, pedagogue, university teacher, philosopher, literary theorist, newspaper editor

Nationality: Israel

Zodiac Sign: Leo

Joseph Gedaliah Klausner (Hebrew: ???? ????? ??????; 20 August 1874 – 27 October 1958), was a Jewish historian and professor of Hebrew Literature.
He was the chief redactor of the Encyclopedia Hebraica.
He was a candidate for president in the first Israeli presidential election in 1949, losing to Chaim Weizmann.
Klausner was the great uncle of Israeli author Amos Oz.