| Miriam Mendes Belisario | |
|---|---|
| Born | (1816-11-30)30 November 1816 London, England |
| Died | 1885 (aged 68–69) London, England |
| Pen name | Little Miriam |
| Occupation | Educator and writer |
Miriam Mendes Belisario (Hebrew: מרים מנדס בליסאריו; 30 November 1816 – 1885), also known by the pen name Little Miriam, was an English Jewish writer and educator.
Biography
Miriam Mendes Belisario was born in London in 1820, the daughter of Jamaican Jewish merchant Abraham Belisario. Her paternal grandfather was artist Isaac Mendes Belisario.
Belisario for many years ran an Orthodox girls' school in Clapton founded by her mother in 1807, in which numerous members of the Sephardic community were educated under her direction. She compiled a Hebrew and English Vocabulary for a selection of the daily prayers (1848), and wrote Sabbath Evenings at Home (1856), a collection of dialogues on the Jewish religion. Belisaro was an influence upon the Christian writer Charlotte Elizabeth Tonna.
Bibliography
- Belisario, Miriam Mendes (1856). Sabbath Evenings at Home; or: Familiar Conversations on the Jewish Religion, its Spirit and Observances. London: S. Joel.
- Belisario, Miriam Mendes (1848). A Hebrew and English Vocabulary, from a Selection of the Daily Prayers. London.
References
This article incorporates text from a publication now in the public domain: Jacobs, Joseph (1902). "Belisario, Miriam Mendes". In Singer, Isidore; et al. (eds.). The Jewish Encyclopedia. Vol. 2. New York: Funk & Wagnalls. p. 661.
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