Stephen Sewall (March 24, 1734 – July 23, 1804) was an American professor of
Hebrew
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and
Oriental
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languages at
Harvard University
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. He was a charter member of the
American Academy of Arts and Sciences
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(1780) and was considered one of the greatest scholars of his generation.
He replaced
Judah Monis as the lecturer in Hebrew at his alma mater shortly after he graduated in 1761.
References
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Goldman, Yosef. ''
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Papers of Stephen Sewall, 1764-1797
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1734 births
1804 deaths
American lexicographers
Fellows of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences
Harvard University alumni
Harvard University faculty
Neo-Latin poets
18th-century lexicographers
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