Record ID:
35246821 (Libraries Australia Authorities)
Authority type:
  • Name.
Description conventions:
  • rda
LC number:
  • n 85038720
Heading:
Birth:
  • 1907-06-20
  • Jerusalem
Death:
  • 1976-01-05
  • Jerusalem
Occupations:
  • Authors Lexicographers
Used for:
  • Alcalay, Reuven, 1907-1976
  • Alḳalaʻi, Reʼuven, 1907-1976
  • Alḳlaʻi, Reʼuven, 1907-1976
  • אלקלעי, ר.
  • אלקלעי, ר., 1976-1907
  • אלקלעי, ראובן
  • אלקלעי, ראובן, 1976-1907
  • אלקלוי, ראובן
Notes:
  • Machine-derived non-Latin script reference project.
  • Non-Latin script references not evaluated.
  • LCCN 78-952447: Alcalay, R. Words of the wise, 1970 (hdg.: Alcalay, Reuben, 1907-; usage: Reuven Alcalay)
  • WW in world Jewry, 1965 (Alcalay, Reuben; b. 6-20-07)
  • LC man. cat. (hdg.: Alcalay, Reuben, 1907- ; variants: Reuven Alcalay; Reʼuven Alḳalaʻi)
  • Wikipedia, January 27, 2016 (Reuben Alcalay; Reuven Alcalay (Jerusalem, 1907- Jerusalem, 1976) was an Israeli lexicographer and author of the most comprehensive English-Hebrew-English dictionary; his Complete English-Hebrew dictionary (1961, 2,150 pages) aimed to contain all the modern Hebrew terms decided upon by the Hebrew Language Academy, and thousands of other new coinages from the Hebrew press literature; the companion volume, Complete Hebrew-English Dictionary, was published in 1965)
  • A history and guide to Judaic dictionaries and concordances, 2000: page 91 (Reuven Alcalay, lexicographer; born in Jerusalem in 1907 and died there in 1976; he studied at the Hebrew Teachers Seminary under the directorship of David Yellen, and was first employed by a bank as a Hebrew-English translator and archivist; for twenty years he worked for the British Mandatory Government, first as a translator then later as director of the Press Bureau and as a press censor; with the establishment of the State of Israel, he edited the publications of the Office of the Prime Minister and the Government Year Book; he translated into Hebrew a sizable number of English literary and professional works, and compiled a Hebrew lexicon of foreign words and phrases, an anthology of Hebrew and Yiddish proverbs, and two bilingual dictionaries)
  • Jewish Telegraphic Agency, via WWW, January 27, 2016 (January 6, 1976 edition; Reuven Alcalay Dead at 68; Reuvan Alcalay, author of the popular Hebrew-English dictionary bearing his name, died in Jerusalen on January 5, 1976 at the age of 68; Mr. Alcalay was also a literary critic and served for years as editor of the government Year Book, the annual official publication of facts and figures about the workings of the government.; his dictionary, The Complete Hebrew-English Dictionary, is liked and used by students and immigrants who prefer its colloquial and up-to-date style; he also authored an English-Hebrew dictionary and The Hebrew Lexicon of Foreign Words and Phrases)
Local system number:
  • 000000248061
  • abv02224211
Cataloguing source:
  • DLC eng rda DLC DLC OCoLC UPB HU VJTL