Biographies : 4
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BiographyDALBERG, Carl Theodor von
The son of the Burggrave of Friedberg, private councillor to the elector of Mainz, and of Maria Sophia Anna, countess of Eltz-Kempenich, Carl Theodor von Dalberg entered university in Heidelberg to study law (1759-1761). On becoming an administrator for the elector of Mainz, Dalberg (1744-1817), became Vicar General in 1768 and governor of Erfurt in […]
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BiographyDE COLOGNA, Abraham Vita
Abraham Vita de Cologna was born in Mantua, Italy, on 25 September, 1754. His father Samuel, chief Jew in the Mantua from 1758 to 1788, gave him a thorough education from an early age in Judaic theology and philosophy, which naturally lead to his becoming a rabbi. He was to become Great Rabbi of Mantua and […]
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BiographyDE PRADT, Dominique-Georges Dufour
(1759-1837), French clergyman and ambassador “The most severe judgements accumulate beneath his master of intrigue, his lack of scruples and his great intelligence, all characteristics which could only make his official protector, Talleyrand, appreciate him more”, writes Bernard Plongeron. This “quintessentially Auvergnien figure” (he seems to have walked straight out of a novel by Balzac) […]
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BiographySINZHEIM David (1745-1812), President of the Great Sanhedrin and First Chief Rabbi of the Consistory
David Sinzheim was born into a family of rabbis in Trier on 16 November 1745. His father, with whom he studied the Talmud, was a rabbi in Niedernai. By marriage, he became the brother-in-law of Cerf Beer, an influential thinker concerning the emancipation of the Jews in Alsace and who in 1786 created the yeshivah […]