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| Born | Yehuda Leib Meyer 1796 (1796) Sluzhev, Russian Poland |
| Died | March 25, 1869(1869-03-25) (aged 72–73) |
| Language | German,Hebrew |
Louis Meyer (Yiddish:יהודה לייב מאיר,romanized: Yehuda Leib Meyer; 1796 – March 25, 1869) was aPolish-Jewish poet and merchant.
Born in the Polish village ofSluzhev, Meyer was sent in 1810 by his father toBerlin, where he prepared himself for a business career, at the same time developing a talent for poetry. In 1816 he returned to Poland, where he established himself in business inWłocławek, but still found ample time to continue his studies and to writeGerman verse. In 1861 he was elected member of the County Assembly, which was, however, dissolved by the Russian administration after theJanuary Uprising.[1]
Meyer's collected writings were published by an anonymous group of friends under the titleHinterlassene deutsche Schriften eines polnischen Juden (Berlin, 1871).[1] The book containsepic anddramatic poetry, pictures from Jewish life, and someaphorisms in prose.[2]
This article incorporates text from a publication now in thepublic domain: Rosenthal, Herman (1904)."Meyer, Louis". InSinger, Isidore; et al. (eds.).The Jewish Encyclopedia. Vol. 8. New York: Funk & Wagnalls. p. 526.
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