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Eliezer Ben-Yehuda

Hebrew grammarian, newspaper editor and zionist.

Born January 7th, 1858 in Łużki. [ref]

Died December 16th, 1922 at 64 years old in Jerusalem (tuberculosis). [ref]

Occupations
journalist, lexicographer, linguist
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I could just remember how my father used to say that the reason for living was to get ready to stay dead a long time. William Faulkner