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MOCATTA, FREDERICK DAVID (1828-1905)

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MOCATTA, FREDERICK DAVID (1828-1905)

MOCATTA, See also:
FREDERICK
FREDERICK (Mod. Ger. Friedrich; Ital. Federigo; Fr. Frederic and Federic; M.H.G. Friderich; O.H.G. Fridurih, " king or lord of peace," from O.H.G. fridu, A.S. frith, " peace," and rfh " rich," " a ruler," for derivation of which see HENRY)
FREDERICK See also:
DAVID
DAVID (a Hebrew name meaning probably beloved 1)
DAVID, FELICIEN (1810—1876)
DAVID, GERARD [GHEERAERT DAVIT], (?=1523)
DAVID, PIERRE JEAN (1789–1856)
DAVID, ST (Dewi, Sant)
DAVID (1828-1905) , See also:

ENGLISH

English Jewish philanthropist, was a member of the See also:

LONDON

London See also:

FINANCIAL

financial See also:

FIRM

firm, Mocatta and See also:

GOLDSMID

Goldsmid, but retired from business in 1874 and devoted himself to See also:

WORKS

works of public and private benevolence. Besides this he was a See also:

PATRON

patron of learning and himself an author of See also:

HISTORICAL

historical works, the See also:

CHIEF (from Fr. chef, head, Lat. caput)

chief of which was The See also:

Jews and the See also:

INQUISITION, THE (Lat. inquisitio, an inquiry)

Inquisition. On occasion of his loth birthday, he was presented with a testimonial from more than 200 philanthropic and See also:

LITERARY

literary institutions. The Anglo-Jewish Historical See also:

EXHIBITION

Exhibition (1887) owed its inception to him. He bequeathed his See also:

FINE

fine library to the Jewish Historical Society of See also:

England, of which he was at one See also:

time See also:

PRESIDENT (Fr. president, from Lat. praesidens, post-Augustan Lat. for praeses, director, ruler, from praesidere, to sit in front of, preside)

president. This library formed the basis of the collections which are now included in the Mocatta Library and Museum, founded in his memory, and located at the University of London (University See also:

COLLEGE (Collegium)

College, See also:

Gower See also:

Street). See Trans. Jewish Hist. See also:

Soc. Eng. vol. v. (I.

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