Philip Ferdinand (1555,

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- 1598,

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) was an English

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. Born in Poland to

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ish parents, he converted first to

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ism and then to

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ism. He was a poor student at

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, where he taught Hebrew. He matriculated at

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in 1596. He became professor of Hebrew at

, where he died. He translated Rabbinic works into Latin.

References

* 1555 births 1598 deaths 16th-century Polish Jews Academics of the University of Oxford Academic staff of Leiden University English translators Polish emigrants to the Kingdom of England {{Judaism-bio-stub