Chomsky, William

Chomsky, William
(1896-1977)
   American educator of Russian origin. He settled in the US in 1913. From 1922 he was on the faculty of Gratz College and from 1954 he lectured at Dropsie College. He wrote about Jewish education, stressing the impor-tance of classical Hebrew language and literature.

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  • CHOMSKY, WILLIAM — (1896–1977), U.S. educator. Born in Russia, Chomsky went in 1913 to the United States, where he studied first in Baltimore while teaching Hebrew in a local Jewish school. From 1922 Chomsky served on the faculty of gratz college , in Philadelphia …   Encyclopedia of Judaism

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  • CHOMSKY, NOAM AVRAM — (1928– ), U.S. linguist; son of Hebrew scholar william chomsky . Born in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, Chomsky studied linguistics with zellig s. harris and received his Ph.D. from the University of Pennsylvania in 1955. His dissertation contained… …   Encyclopedia of Judaism

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  • William Chomsky — William (Zev) Chomsky (* 1896 in der Ukraine; † 19. Juli 1977) war ein US amerikanischer Hebraist. Chomsky verließ 1913 Russland um der Rekrutierung durch die Kaiserlich Russische Armee zu entgehen. Er arbeitete zunächst in Sweatshops und dann… …   Deutsch Wikipedia

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