Abigail Lindo

Abigail Lindo
Born3 August 1803
Died28 August 1848(1848-08-28) (aged 45)
Resting placeBrentwood Jewish Cemetery
NationalityBritish
Occupationlexicographer
Known forcreating a Hebrew<>English dictionary
Parent(s)David Abarbanel Lindo and Sarah Lindo (née Mocatta)
RelativesDavid Lindo Alexander (nephew);
Benjamin Disraeli and Sir Moses Montefiore (cousins)

Abigail Lindo (3 August 1803 – 28 August 1848) was a British lexicographer. She was the first British Jew to compile a Hebrew-English dictionary and is considered to be the only woman to have made a significant contribution to philology in the nineteenth century.