Samuel Krauss ( Ukk, 18 February 1866 -

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, 4 June 1948) was professor at the Jewish Teachers' Seminary,

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, 1894–1906, and at the Jewish Theological Seminary,

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, 1906–1938. He moved to

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as a refugee and spent his last years at

. He was a contributor to the ''

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'' as ''S. Kr.'' "Professor Krauss's scholarship encompassed every area of ancient

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." In 1910, he became a pioneer in

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with the publication of ''Talmudische Archäologie'', which was reprinted in

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in 1924. In 1998, his 1922 study of the ancient

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, ''Synagogale Altertümer'', was still considered essential reading on the topic. In 1935 he published a comprehensive and detailed study of Biblical names of ninety eight then modern nations.

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University of Southampton Manuscripts Collection MS 163 and bio stubThree works of S. Krauss, and a 1936 Portrait by Lerch, Franz, 1895-1977, at cjh.org
1866 births 1948 deaths Hungarian Jews Hungarian encyclopedists Hungarian archaeologists Hungarian Hebraists Jewish emigrants from Austria after the Anschluss to the United Kingdom {{archaeologist-stub