Phineas Mendel Heilprin (November 1801 in

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, Poland – 30 January 1863 in Washington, D.C., United States) was a Jewish

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. He early settled in Piotrków and subsequently in Tomaszów, where he became a manufacturer and merchant, but, in consequence of oppression by the Russian government, he removed in 1842 to Hungary. His sympathy was with the people in 1848, and after the failure of the

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he determined to leave the country. In 1859 he came to the United States, where he remained until his death. He was a close student of the

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, and also of the

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and later

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, acquiring a high reputation among Jewish scholars as a conservative reformer. His works, written in

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, include several controversial writings, dealing with the reform movement among the Jews.

Family

His son

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was actively involved in the

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and also emigrated to the United States. His son

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was a geologist, paleontologist, naturalist, and explorer in the US.

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* 1801 births 1863 deaths People from Lublin Polish emigrants to the United States American people of Polish-Jewish descent Talmudists Forty-Eighters {{Judaism-bio-stub

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