Louis Loewe

Portrait of Louis Loewe painted by Michael Angelo Pittatore (1825–1903) in 1871. This painting was commissioned by Sir Moses Montefiore (1784–1885) to be hung in the lecture hall of Ohel Moshe ve-Yehudit College at Ramsgate where Loewe was Principal.

Louis Loewe (1809–1888; also Louis Löwe) was a Silesian linguist. He served as principal and director of Judith Theological College for twenty years; he was a member of the Royal Asiatic Society, Numismatic Society and of the Asiatic Society of Paris.