Background
Nemoy, Leon was born on December 29, 1901 in Balta, Ukraine, Union of the Soviet Socialist Republics. Son of Abraham and Binah (Halperin) Nemoy. came to the United States, 1923.
Nemoy, Leon was born on December 29, 1901 in Balta, Ukraine, Union of the Soviet Socialist Republics. Son of Abraham and Binah (Halperin) Nemoy. came to the United States, 1923.
Student, State University, Odessa, Union of the Soviet Socialist Republics, 1918. Master of Arts, Yale University, 1926. Doctor of Philosophy, Yale University, 1929.
Doctor of Humane Letters (honorary), Hebrw Union College, New York City, 1976.
Cataloguer, Jewish Academy Library., Odessa, 1919-1921; cataloguer, University Library., Lemberg, Poland, 1922; Hebrew and Arabic literature curator, Yale University Library., New Haven, 1923-1966; research associate, Dropsie College, Philadelphia, 1967-1987; research associate, Annenberg Research Institute, Philadelphia, since 1987.
( The Karaites, a small Jewish sect that arose twelve cen...)
Married Elizabeth Hackney McGinley, October 20, 1930(deceased 1988).