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Russian scholar
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Male
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Birth:
1793(Vilnius, Vilnius City Municipality, Vilnius County, Lithuania)
Death:
10 June 1868
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Biography
Marcus Nathanson (Yiddish: מרדכי נאטאנזאהן, 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).