Elias Salomon Nathan
Elias Salomon Nathan | |
|---|---|
| Born | 17 May 1807 Eutin, Duchy of Oldenburg |
| Died | 5 July 1862 (aged 55) Hamburg, German Confederation |
| Pen name | Dr. Essenna[1] |
| Alma mater | University of Kiel |
| Spouse | Jeanette Segalla[2] |
Elias Salomon Nathan (17 May 1807 – 5 July 1862) was a German author and physician.
Biography
[edit]Elias Salomon Nathan was born in Eutin, Duchy of Oldenburg, to Caroline (née Warrisch) and Salomon Aaron Nathan.[2] He studied medicine at the University of Kiel, receiving his M.D. in 1830. He took part in the Polish campaign, and afterward settled in Hamburg as a physician.[3]
In addition to his literary activity in medical science, he devoted himself to Jewish learning. Under the pseudonym "Dr. Essenna" he translated Joseph Salvador's Histoire des institutions de Moïse et du peuple hébreu into German, with an introduction by Gabriel Riesser. Under the same pseudonym he published Gedanken aus dem Tagebuche eines Juden über die Drei Grossen Propheten der Europäischen Geschichte.
Publications
[edit]- De febre intermittente traumatica. Diss. inaug (in Latin). Kiliæ: C. F. Mohr. 1830.
- Denkwürdige Beispiele aus der Kirchengeschichte für herrschende und beherrschte Gemeinschaften (in German). Hamburg: Nestler u. Co. 1835.
- Gedanken aus dem Tagebuche eines Juden über die Drei Grossen Propheten der Europäischen Geschichte (in German). Hamburg: F. H. Nestler und Melle. 1836. hdl:2027/uc1.a0012410320.
- Geschichte der Mosaischen Institutionen und des jüdischen Volks (in German). Vol. 1. Hamburg: Hoffmann und Campe. 1836.
- Geschichte der Mosaischen Institutionen und des jüdischen Volks (in German). Vol. 2. Hamburg: Hoffmann und Campe. 1836.
- Geschichte der Mosaischen Institutionen und des jüdischen Volks (in German). Vol. 3. Hamburg: Hoffmann und Campe. 1836.
- Über Aether-Rausch (in German). Hamburg: Perthes-Besser & Mauke. 1847.
- Über das psychische Lachen (in German). Hamburg: Perthes-Besser & Mauke. 1843.
References
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This article incorporates text from a publication now in the public domain: Singer, Isidore; Kayserling, Meyer (1905). "Nathan, Elias Salomon". In Singer, Isidore; et al. (eds.). The Jewish Encyclopedia. Vol. 9. New York: Funk & Wagnalls. p. 178.
- ^ Weller, Emil (1886). Lexicon pseudonymorum (in German). Regensburg: Alfred Coppenrath. p. 179.
- ^ a b Schröder, Hans (1870). "Nathan (Elias Salomon)". Lexikon der hamburgischen Schriftsteller bis zur Gegenwart (in German). Vol. 5. p. 479.
- ^ Wininger, Salomon (1929). Große jüdische National-Biographie (in German). Vol. 4. Cernăuţi: Orient. p. 497.
- 1807 births
- 1862 deaths
- 19th-century German Jews
- 19th-century German male writers
- 19th-century German writers
- 19th-century German physicians
- French–German translators
- German medical writers
- Jewish German writers
- Jewish physicians
- Jews from Hamburg
- People from Eutin
- Physicians from Hamburg
- University of Kiel alumni