Marcus Nathanson
Born1793 (1793)
Vilna, Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth
Died10 June 1868(1868-06-10) (aged 74–75)
Telsh, Kovno Governorate, Russian Empire

Marcus Nathanson (Yiddish: מרדכי נאטאנזאהן, romanized: Mordekhai Natanzohn; 1793 – 10 June 1868) was a Russian Jewish scholar. He devoted himself to the study of ancient Hebrew literature, publishing the following works: Kontres ayyelet ha-shaḥar, critical notes on certain chapters of the Midrash Tehillim (printed in Pirḥe tzafon, ii. 165–180); Mikhtav 'al devar shemot anashim, on Jewish proper names (ib. pp. 181–186); and a study on the Karaites (in Günzburg's Devir, Vilna, 1864).[1]

References

 This article incorporates text from a publication now in the public domain: Rosenthal, Herman; Waldstein, A. S. (1905). "Nathanson, Marcus". In Singer, Isidore; et al. (eds.). The Jewish Encyclopedia. Vol. 9. New York: Funk & Wagnalls. p. 186.

  1. Zeitlin, William (1890). "Nathansohn, Marcus". Bibliotheca hebraica post-Mendelssohniana (in German). Leipzig: K. F. Koehler's Antiquarium. p. 249.
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