Abraham Benisch - Biography

Abraham Benisch (1811, Drosau, Bohemia-1878, London) was a Hebraist and journalist.

He studied medicine at Vienna but abandoned his studies and moved to England in 1841. He was the editor of the Jewish Chronicle, 1854-69 and 1875-8 and zealously promoted the cause of his fellow Jews. He published several works on Hebrew literature.

• Concise Dictionary of National Biography