Abigail Lindo | |
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Born | 3 August 1803 |
Died | 28 August 1848 | (aged 45)
Resting place | Brentwood Jewish Cemetery |
Nationality | British |
Occupation | lexicographer |
Known for | creating a Hebrew<>English dictionary |
Parent(s) | David Abarbanel Lindo and Sarah Lindo (née Mocatta) |
Relatives | David 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.