Leo Samuele Olschki

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Leo Samuele Olschki
Born(1861-01-02)2 January 1861
Died17 June 1940(1940-06-17) (aged 79)
NationalityItalian
OccupationPublisher
Awards

Leo Samuele Olschki (born Lev Samuel Olschki; 2 January 1861 – 17 June 1940) was an Italian publisher of Prussian Jewish origin.

Biography

Leo Olschki was born on 2 January 1861 in

Grand Cross of the Crown of Italy,[4] but was again forced into exile due to racial laws, as a Jew. He then returned for the second time to Switzerland in 1939, where he died in 1940.[5]

Bibliography

References

  1. ^ Landman, Isaac; Rittenberg, Louis; Cohen, Simon, eds. (1939). The Universal Jewish Encyclopedia ... An Authoritative and Popular Presentation of Jews and Judaism Since the Earliest Times · Volume 8. Universal Jewish Encyclopedia, Incorporated. p. 297.
  2. ^ Woudhuysen, H. R.; Suarez, Michael F., eds. (2010). The Oxford Companion to the Book: D-Z. Oxford University Press. p. 984.
  3. ^ "Casa editrice Leo S. Olschki" (in Italian). Sistema Informativo Unificato per le Soprintendenze Archivistiche. Retrieved 21 May 2018.
  4. ^ Cultura e scuola (in Italian). Vol. 26. Ente nazionale per le biblioteche popolari e scholastiche. 1987. p. 224. Retrieved 21 May 2018.
  5. ^ "Olschki, Leo Samuele" (in Italian).
    Enciclopedia Italiana. Archived
    from the original on 8 September 2021. Retrieved 8 September 2021.