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About Dr. Moriz Rappaport
Moritz Rappaport: Austrian poet and physician; born at Lemberg Jan. 19, 1808; died at Vienna May, 28, 1880; cousin of Solomon Judah Löb Rapoport. He received his early education at home; his father belonged to the party of Reform, while his mother was strongly Orthodox. The period from 1822 to 1832 Rappaport spent in Vienna, attending the gymnasium of the Benedictine monks and studying medicine at the university (M.D. 1832). Immediately after graduating he established himself as a physician in his native town. For forty years he was one of the leading physicians of Lemberg, where he was appointed chief physician at the Jewish hospital. Rappaport took an active interest in the welfare of his coreligionists, spending both time and money in behalf of the synagogue, the school, the orphan asylum, and the poorhouse. From 1872 to 1878 he resided in Vienna; in 1879 he was again in Lemberg; but in the last year of his life he returned to Vienna.
Moritz Rappaport's "Moses," an epic-lyric poem in five cantos, appeared in 1842; his "Bojazzo," in 1863. Under the title "Hebräische Gesänge" he translated Lamentations, the Song of Songs, the "Lekah Dodi," etc.
Bibliography: Karpeles, Gesch. der Jüdischen Literatur, ii. 1129-1130, Winter and Wünsche, Jüdische Litteratur, iii. 883; Allg. Zeit. des Jud. 1880, p. 427; 1892, p. 483 et passim.
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Dr. Moriz Rappaport's Timeline
| 1808 |
January 19, 1808
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Lviv, Lviv Oblast, Ukraine
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1837
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| 1840 |
December 28, 1840
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Lviv (Lvov) (Lemberg), Lviv Oblast, Ukraine
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| 1880 |
May 28, 1880
Age 72
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Wien, Österreich (Austria)
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