RELIGIOUS FIGURE

Solomon Schechter

1847 - 1915

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Solomon Schechter (Hebrew: שניאור זלמן הכהן שכטר‎; 7 December 1847 – 19 November 1915) was a Moldavian-born British-American rabbi, academic scholar and educator, most famous for his roles as founder and president of the United Synagogue of America, president of the Jewish Theological Seminary of America, and architect of American Conservative Judaism. He is an important figure in Jewish studies and Jewish history, particularly his study of the Cairo Geniza. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in 15 different languages on Wikipedia. Solomon Schechter is the 2,949th most popular religious figure (down from 2,852nd in 2024), the 472nd most popular biography from Romania (down from 445th in 2019) and the 11th most popular Romanian Religious Figure.

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Among RELIGIOUS FIGURES

Among religious figures, Solomon Schechter ranks 2,949 out of 3,187. Before him are Matthew Webb, C. I. Scofield, José Cobo Cano, John Cody, Ignacio Velasco, and Arnulf of Chocques. After him are Bernardino Echeverría Ruiz, Sergio Obeso Rivera, Richard Baawobr, Luigi Ferrando, Epenetus of Carthage, and Charles Scicluna.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1847, Solomon Schechter ranks 99. Before him are Yegor Ivanovich Zolotarev, Sarah Frances Whiting, František Křižík, Castro Alves, Wilhelmina Drucker, and Máximo Santos. After him are Wordsworth Donisthorpe, Albert Pinkham Ryder, Christine Ladd-Franklin, Morton Betts, Ormond Stone, and John Hamilton-Gordon, 1st Marquess of Aberdeen and Temair. Among people deceased in 1915, Solomon Schechter ranks 119. Before him are Pyotr Durnovo, Greene Vardiman Black, Bagha Jatin, Béla Las-Torres, Daniel Giraud Elliot, and Antonio Flores Jijón. After him are José María Campo Serrano, W. G. Grace, Vasily Goncharov, John Bunny, Nelson W. Aldrich, and Tom Watson.

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In Romania

Among people born in Romania, Solomon Schechter ranks 472 out of 844. Before him are Grațian Sepi (1910), Nicolae Martinescu (1940), Teoctist Arăpașu (1915), Dan Pagis (1930), Miklós Jósika (1794), and Ștefan Golescu (1809). After him are Dan Coe (1941), Alexandra Stan (1989), Vasile Andrei (1955), Constantin Alexandru (1953), Irina Petrescu (1941), and Gusztáv Juhász (1911).

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Among RELIGIOUS FIGURES In Romania

Among religious figures born in Romania, Solomon Schechter ranks 11. Before him are Iuliu Hossu (1885), Sabbas the Goth (334), Alexandru Todea (1912), Lőrinc Schlauch (1824), Vilmos Apor (1892), and Andreo Cseh (1895).

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