Montefiore, Montifiore, and Montefiori is a surname associated with the Montefiore family, Sephardi Jews who were diplomats and bankers all over Europe and who originated from the Iberian Peninsula, namely Spain and Portugal, and also France, Morocco, England, and Italy. Meaning "flower mountain", its Ashkenazi equivalent would be "

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People

* Adam Montefiore (born 1957), British-born Israeli wine trade veteran and wine critic * Alan Montefiore (born 1926), British philosopher and Emeritus Fellow of Balliol College, Oxford *

Albert Montefiore Hyamson Albert Montefiore Hyamson, (27 August 1875 – 5 October 1954) was a British civil servant and historian who served as chief immigration officer in the British Mandate of Palestine from 1921 to 1934. The Political Zionist of the 1910s and 192 ...

(1875–1954), British civil servant and historian, chief immigration officer in British Palestine 1921–1934 *

Claude Montefiore Claude Joseph Goldsmid Montefiore, also Goldsmid–Montefiore or just Goldsmid Montefiore (1858–1938) was the intellectual founder of Anglo- Liberal Judaism and the founding president of the World Union for Progressive Judaism, a schola ...

(1858–1938), philosopher *

Dora Montefiore Dorothy Frances Montefiore (; 20 December 1851 – 21 December 1933), known as Dora Montefiore, was an English-Australian women's suffragist, socialist, poet, and autobiographer. Early life Born Dorothy Frances Fuller at Kenley Manor near Co ...

(1851–1933), English-Australian women's suffragist, socialist, poet, and autobiographer *

Eliezer Levi Montefiore Eliezer Levi Montefiore (1820 – 22 October 1894) was a businessman, art enthusiast, and the first director of the Art Gallery of New South Wales. Montefiore was born in Barbados to merchant Isaac Jacob Levi (who also had a home in Brussels) a ...

, businessman and art collector in Melbourne and Adelaide (nephew of Jacob and Joseph Barrow) * Fausto Montefiore (1906–not known), Italian boxer *

Georges Montefiore-Levi Georges Montefiore-Levi (18 February 1832 – 24 April 1906) was a Belgian politician, industrialist and inventor of Jewish extraction who created the first phosphorus bronze. Early life He was born in Streatham, South London. His father, Isa ...

(1832–1906), Belgian politician, inventor and philanthropist * Hugh Sebag-Montefiore (born 1955), author, attorney, and journalist *

Hugh Montefiore Hugh William Montefiore (born Hugh William Sebag-Montefiore; 12 May 1920 – 13 May 2005) was an English Anglican bishop and academic, who served as Bishop of Kingston from 1970 to 1978 and Bishop of Birmingham from 1978 to 1987. Early life and ...

(1920–2005), bishop of Birmingham 1977–1987 and environmentalist (born Hugh Sebag-Montefiore) * Jacob Barrow Montefiore (1801–1895), Colonial Commissioner for South Australia resident in London (brother of Joseph Barrow, cousin to Sir Moses) * Jacob Levi Montefiore (1819–1885), Australian politician (brother of Eliezer Levi, nephew of Jacob and Joseph Barrow) * John Israel Montefiore (1807–1898), New Zealand trader and merchant *

Joseph Barrow Montefiore Joseph Barrow Montefiore (24 June 1803 – 8 September 1893), merchant and financier, was the youngest son of Eliezer Montefiore, merchant, of Barbados and London, and his wife, Judith (née Barrow). Montefiore was born on 24 June 1803 in Londo ...

(1803–1893), merchant and financier in the Australian colonies (brother of Jacob Barrow, cousin to Sir Moses) * Joseph Sebag-Montefiore (1822–1903) financier * Judith Montefiore (1786–1862), British linguist, musician, and philanthropist, wife of Sir Moses * Sir Moses Montefiore (1784–1885), prominent British financier, stockbroker, banker and philanthropist, husband of Judith * Moses Eliezer Montefiore (born 1798?), probably brother of Jacob and Joseph Barrow * Leonard A. Montefiore (1853–1879), British author and philanthropist *

Leonard G. Montefiore Leonard Nathaniel Goldsmid-Montefiore (2 June 1889 – 23 December 1961) was a wealthy member of the Montefiore family, the only son of Claude Montefiore, and he succeeded his father as a leader of Jewish philanthropic organisations in th ...

(1889–1961), Anglo-Jewish community leader and philanthropist * Karlo Montefiore Gordeziani (1938–2005), Professor of Physics at Tbilisi State University, Georgia * Santa Montefiore (born 1970), British author * Simon Sebag Montefiore (born 1965), British historian and author

Places

* Montefiore, a neighborhood in Tel Aviv, north of the Central Station *

Montefiore Conca Montefiore Conca ( rgn, Munt Fior) is a '' comune'' (municipality) in the Province of Rimini in the Italian region Emilia-Romagna, located about southeast of Bologna and about south of Rimini. Montefiore Conca borders the following municipa ...

, a municipality in the

Province of Rimini The province of Rimini ( it, provincia di Rimini) is a province in the Emilia-Romagna region of Italy. The provincial capital is the eponymous city of Rimini. The province borders the independent Republic of San Marino. As of 2019, the province ...

, Italy * Montefiore dell'Aso, a municipality in the Province of Ascoli Piceno in Italy *

Montefiore Hill Montefiore Hill is a small hill in North Adelaide, South Australia, which affords a view over the Adelaide city centre. Location and description The hill lies within the northern Adelaide Parklands, within the area known as Park 26: Adelaide O ...

, small hill with lookout and memorial in North Adelaide, South Australia, and named after Jacob Barrow Montefiore * Montefiore Road, continuation of

Morphett Street, Adelaide Morphett Street is a main street in the west of the city centre of Adelaide, South Australia, parallel to King William Street and numbered from north to south. At its northern end it is part of the West End of Adelaide, a thriving cultural and ...

which leads up to Montefiore Hill

Hospitals

Montefiore Medical Center Montefiore Medical Center is a premier academic medical center and the primary teaching hospital of the Albert Einstein College of Medicine in the Bronx, New York City. Its main campus, the Henry and Lucy Moses Division, is located in the Norwoo ...

, teaching hospital of the

Albert Einstein College of Medicine Albert Einstein College of Medicine is a research-intensive medical school located in the Morris Park neighborhood of the Bronx in New York City. Founded in 1953, Einstein operates as an independent degree-granting institution as part of t ...

, located in the Norwood section of the Bronx * Montefiore New Rochelle Hospital, a teaching hospital in New Rochelle, New York * Sir Moses Montefiore Jewish Home, residential elderly care facilities in Hunters Hill and Woollahra * The Montefiore Hospital in Hove, United Kingdom * UPMC Montefiore, part of University of Pittsburgh Medical Center in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, United States

Schools

* Montefiore Residency Program in Social Medicine, one of the oldest primary care training programs in the U.S., active in

Bronx The Bronx () is a borough of New York City, coextensive with Bronx County, in the state of New York. It is south of Westchester County; north and east of the New York City borough of Manhattan, across the Harlem River; and north of the New Y ...

* Moses Montefiore Academy, special school of the Chicago Public Schools (CPS) for students with severe emotional disorders * Montefiore House,

Wessex Lane Halls Wessex Lane Halls is a halls of residence complex owned by the University of Southampton. It is situated in the Swaythling district of Southampton, approximately one mile north-east of the University campus in Highfield. The complex is form ...

of the University of Southampton * The

Montefiore Institute The Montefiore Institute is the department of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science of the Faculty of Applied Sciences of the University of Liège, Belgium Belgium, ; french: Belgique ; german: Belgien officially the Kingdom of Belgi ...

, the EECS département of the University of Liège

Synagogues

* B'nai Israel Synagogue and Montefiore Cemetery, in Grand Forks, North Dakota * Congregation Montefiore Synagogue, historic synagogue in downtown Salt Lake City, Utah *

Montefiore Cemetery Montefiore Cemetery, also known as Old Montefiore Cemetery, is a Jewish cemetery in Springfield Gardens, Queens, New York, established in 1908. The cemetery is called by several names, including Old Montefiore, Springfield, or less commonly, just ...

, Jewish cemetery in St. Albans, Queens, New York * Moses Montefiore Congregation, synagogue in Bloomington, Illinois *

Montefiore Synagogue The Montefiore Synagogue is the former private synagogue of Sir Moses Montefiore. It is an 1833, Grade II* listed building in Ramsgate, Kent, England. The synagogue and mausoleum are cared for and maintained by the Montefiore Endowment. The en ...

the former private synagogue of Sir Moses Montefiore, an 1833, Grade II* listed building in Ramsgate, Kent, England

Other

* Montefiore Club, a private social and business association, catering to the Jewish community, located in Montreal, Quebec, Canada * Montefiore Windmill, a landmark windmill in Jerusalem, Israel

References

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