Raphael James Loewe

Background

Loewe, Raphael James was born on April 16, 1919 in Calcutta, India. Arrived in England 1920. Son of Herbert Michael Jackson Loewe and Ethel Victoria Hyamson.

Education

Degree, St. John's College, Cambridge, England, 1941; degree, Balliol College, Cambridge, England, 1950.

Career

Lecturer in Hebrew Leeds (England) University, 1949-1954. Bye-fellow Caius College, Cambridge, 1954-1957. Visiting professor Brown University, Providence, 1963-1964.

From lecturer to professor University College, London, 1965-1982.

Achievements

• Raphael James Loewe has been listed as a noteworthy humanities educator by Marquis Who's Who.

Works

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  • The Rylands Haggadah. A Medieval Sephardi Masterpiece in Facsimile

    (THE RYLANDS HAGGADAH - A Medieval Sephardi Masterpiece in...)

  • Rylands Haggadah: A Medieval Sephardi Masterpiece in Facsimile

    (Book by Loewe, Raphael)

  • Rylands Haggadah: A Medieval Sephardi Masterpiece in Facsimile by Raphael Loewe (1988-12-02)
  • Rylands Haggadah: A Medieval Sephardi Masterpiece in Facsimile by Raphael Loewe (1988-12-03)

Membership

Former warden Spanish and Portuguese Jews' Congregation, London. Former president Society for Old Testament Study, England, Jewish History Society England Lieutenant British military, 1941-1946. Fellow Royal Asiatic Society, London Society Antiquaries.

Member British Association for Jewish Studies (president since 1998).

Interests

• Avocations: translating English, Latin and Hebrew poetry, traveling.

Connections

Married Chloe Klatzkin, March 19, 1952. Children: Elisabeth Talbot, Camilla Verry.

Father:

Herbert Michael Jackson Loewe

Mother:

Ethel Victoria Hyamson

Spouse:

Chloe Klatzkin

child:

Elisabeth Talbot Loewe

child:

Camilla Verry Loewe