Philip Ferdinand
Philip Ferdinand (1555, Poland - 1598, Leiden) was an English Hebraist.
Born in Poland to Polish Jewish parents, he converted first to Roman Catholicism and then to Protestantism. He was a poor student at Oxford University, where he taught Hebrew. He matriculated at Cambridge University in 1596. He became professor of Hebrew at Leiden, where he died. He translated Rabbinic works into Latin.
References
- Stephen, Leslie, ed. (1889). . Dictionary of National Biography. Vol. 18. London: Smith, Elder & Co.
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- 1555 births
- 1598 deaths
- 16th-century Polish Jews
- 16th-century Polish writers
- Academics of the University of Oxford
- Academic staff of Leiden University
- 16th-century English translators
- Immigrants to the Kingdom of England
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