Shmuel Pevzner (; December 17, 1878 – May 7, 1930) was a Russian-born Jewish writer and industrialist. He was a delegate to the First World Zionist Congress in 1897, and one of the pioneers of settlement in

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Biography

Shmuel Pevzner was born in Propoysk. He received a traditional Jewish education and then studied engineering at the Berlin Technical Institute, graduating in 1903. At the age of 18, he attended First Zionist Congress in Basel as its youngest delegate. In 1905, he immigrated to Palestine. Pevzner married Leah Ginsberg, daughter of

Ahad Ha'am Asher Zvi Hirsch Ginsberg (18 August 1856 – 2 January 1927), primarily known by his Hebrew name and pen name Ahad Ha'am ( he, אחד העם, lit. 'one of the people', Genesis 26:10), was a Hebrew essayist, and one of the foremost pre-state Zi ...

. Pevzner's sister, Shifra, married the Jewish writer Mordechai Hakohen.

Business and public career

In 1909, Pevzner established the Atid soap factory in Haifa, which employed 100 workers. He was one of the founders of the

Hadar Hacarmel Hadar HaCarmel ( he, הדר הכרמל lit. "''Splendor of the Carmel''"; or simply known as the neighbourhood of Hadar he, שכונת הדר, الهدار in Arabic) is a district of Haifa, Israel. Located on the northern slope of Mount Carmel be ...

neighborhood in the city, and played a key role in the establishment of the Technion in April 1912.Ottoman Haifa: A History of Four Centuries under Turkish Rule, Alex Carmel
/ref> Pevzner served in the Haifa municipality and was a delegate to the Assembly of Representatives (Asefat ha-nivkharim).

Awards and recognition

Pevzner Street in

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is named after him.

References

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