Moïse Henri Gradis (30 July 1823 – 23 January 1905) was a French businessman and historian.

Life

Moïse Henri Gradis was born on 30 July 1823 in

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. He came from a family of prominent Portuguese-Jewish

merchants who had flourished in the 18th century but were ruined by the French Revolution and the insurrections in

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. His parents were Benjamin Gradis (1789–1858) and Laure Sarah Rodrigues Henriquès (1803–46). In 1853 he married Claire Brandame (1835–1925). Their son was Raoul Gradis (1861–1943). Their daughter Emma Gradis married

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in 1889. The '' Maison Gradis'' recovered, and by 1892 was selling sugar from several producers in Bordeaux, Nantes and Marseille. Henri Gradis was deputy mayor of Bordeaux in 1864 and 1876. He was also the author of a history of Bordeaux and several other literary works. His history of the 1848 revolution won praise for its accuracy and lack of bias. Moïse Henri Gradis died in Paris in 1905. He was succeeded at the ''Maison Gradis'' by his son Raoul.

Publications

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(translation, 1847) * ''Réflexions sur le christianisme, suivies d’une lettre à un jeune Israélite'' (1847-1850) * ''Histoire de la guerre de 1870'' (1870) * ''Notes sur la guerre de 1870 et sur la Commune'' (1872) * ''Histoire de la révolution de 1848'' * ''Judaïsme et christianisme'' (1874) * ''Notice sur la Famille Gradis et sur la Maison Gradis et Fils de Bordeaux'' (1875) * ''Introduction à l'histoire du peuple d'Israël; judaïsme et christianisme'' (1876) * ''Polyxène, drame antique en 4 actes et en vers'' (1881) * ''Jérusalem, drame en 5 actes et en vers'' (1883) * * ''Le peuple d'Israël'' (Paris, 1891)

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