Joshua Prawer

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1917 – 1990

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Who was Joshua Prawer?

Joshua Prawer was a notable Israeli historian and a scholar of the Crusades and Kingdom of Jerusalem.

His work often attempted to portray Crusader society as a forerunner to later European colonialist expansion. He was also an important figure in Israeli higher education, was one of the founders of the University of Haifa and Ben-Gurion University, and was a major reformer of the Israeli education system.

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Born
Nov 22, 1917
Będzin
Ethnicity
  • Jewish people
Nationality
  • Israel
Profession
Employment
  • Hebrew University of Jerusalem
Died
Apr 30, 1990
Jerusalem

Submitted
on July 23, 2013

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