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Sir David Elias Ezra

Sir David Elias Ezra (1871-1947) (or simply Sir David Ezra) was a prominent member of the Baghdadi Jewish community in Calcutta, India.

Early life and family

David Elias Ezra was born in 1871, the son of Elias David Ezra and the grandson of David Joseph Ezra. He married Rachel Sassoon, daughter of Solomon David Sassoon.

Positions

Ezra was Sheriff of Calcutta and a director of the Reserve Bank of India. He was president of the Jewish Relief Association and of The Asiatic Society.

Death

Ezra died in 1947.

See also

References

  1. ^ Baghdadi Jewish Women in India. Joan G. Roland and Tamar Marge Gubbay, Jewish Women's Archive. Retrieved 6 September 2015.
  2. Jewish Women's Archive: Flora Sassoon
  3. Prominent Iraqi Jews of recent times. Meer Basri, The Scribe, Issue 76, Spring 2003. Retrieved 6 September 2015.
  4. Roland, Joan G. (1998). The Jewish Communities of India: Identity in a Colonial Era (2nd ed.). New Brunswick: Transaction Publishers. pp. 177–178. ISBN 978-1-4128-3748-4.
  5. David Joseph Ezra. Archived 4 March 2016 at the Wayback Machine Recalling Jewish Calcutta: Memories of the Jewish community in Calcutta. Retrieved 6 September 2015.


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