David Simon Blondheim (August 25, 1884, Baltimore – body found March 19, 1934, Baltimore) [1] was a professor of Romance philology at the Johns Hopkins University [2] and a scholar of medieval Jewish texts in Romance languages. [3]
Blondheim received an A.B. in 1906 and a Ph.D. in 1910 from the Johns Hopkins University, [1] with study in Paris at the École des Hautes Études. [4] He was Associate Professor of Romance Languages at the University of Illinois (Urbana-Champaign) [5] when, in 1917, he was appointed to the faculty at the Johns Hopkins University. [6]
Blondheim was a major figure in the study of Jewish varieties of medieval Romance languages [7] and researched Jewish medieval writings, particularly Hebraico-French texts, [8] and was the author of many books about early translations of Jewish texts. [9] He carried on the research of Arsene Darmesteter into rabbinical glosses. [10] He was also an important scholarly editor. [8]
A substantial survey of Blondheim's life and work appeared as David L. Gold, 'Towards a Prosopography of David Simon Blondheim (1884-1934),' Jewish Language Review (Haifa, Israel: Association for the Study of Jewish Languages), vol. 6 (1986), 185–202. An extensive bibliography [11] was published elsewhere.
"Blondheim's papers are in the National and University Library, Jerusalem" (Gold, op. cit., p. 202), as well as at the George Washington University in Washington, D.C.
He was married twice. He and his first wife had a son (Hillel Blondheim); they later divorced. He then married Eleanor Lansing Dulles [2] in December 1932. Their son (David Dulles) was born after his father's suicide. [12]
David Simon Blondheim (August 25, 1884, Baltimore – body found March 19, 1934, Baltimore) [1] was a professor of Romance philology at the Johns Hopkins University [2] and a scholar of medieval Jewish texts in Romance languages. [3]
Blondheim received an A.B. in 1906 and a Ph.D. in 1910 from the Johns Hopkins University, [1] with study in Paris at the École des Hautes Études. [4] He was Associate Professor of Romance Languages at the University of Illinois (Urbana-Champaign) [5] when, in 1917, he was appointed to the faculty at the Johns Hopkins University. [6]
Blondheim was a major figure in the study of Jewish varieties of medieval Romance languages [7] and researched Jewish medieval writings, particularly Hebraico-French texts, [8] and was the author of many books about early translations of Jewish texts. [9] He carried on the research of Arsene Darmesteter into rabbinical glosses. [10] He was also an important scholarly editor. [8]
A substantial survey of Blondheim's life and work appeared as David L. Gold, 'Towards a Prosopography of David Simon Blondheim (1884-1934),' Jewish Language Review (Haifa, Israel: Association for the Study of Jewish Languages), vol. 6 (1986), 185–202. An extensive bibliography [11] was published elsewhere.
"Blondheim's papers are in the National and University Library, Jerusalem" (Gold, op. cit., p. 202), as well as at the George Washington University in Washington, D.C.
He was married twice. He and his first wife had a son (Hillel Blondheim); they later divorced. He then married Eleanor Lansing Dulles [2] in December 1932. Their son (David Dulles) was born after his father's suicide. [12]