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Ernst Klein was born on 26 July, 1899 in Szatmárnémeti, Austria-Hungary (now Satu Mare, Romania), is a Hungarian-Canadian rabbi, linguist and scholar (1899–1983). Discover Ernst Klein's Biography, Age, Height, Physical Stats, Dating/Affairs, Family and career updates. Learn How rich is he in this year and how he spends money? Also learn how he earned most of networth at the age of 107 years old?

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Occupation writer
Age 107 years old
Zodiac Sign Leo
Born 26 July 1899
Birthday 26 July
Birthplace Szatmárnémeti, Austria-Hungary (now Satu Mare, Romania)
Date of death 4 February, 1983
Died Place Toronto, Canada
Nationality Romania

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1899

Ernest David Klein, (July 26, 1899, Szatmárnémeti – February 4, 1983, Ottawa, Canada) was a Hungarian-born Romanian-Canadian linguist, author, and rabbi.

Klein was born to father Yitzchok (Ignac) and mother Sarah Rachel (Roza) Klein (née Friedrich) on July 26, 1899.

in Szatmárnémeti (also known as Szatmar), in Partium, a region of Kingdom of Hungary (now Satu Mare, Romania. He had three sisters.

Klein's father was a respected scholar known for his brilliance.

He was rabbi of the Jewish Status Quo Community in Marosvásárhely (now Târgu Mureș, Romania) and author of over 20 books on rabbinical subjects, including the following (all were printed in Satu Mare):

Klein's mother also had rabbinical lineage.

She was one of the daughters of Chaim (Jakob) Friedrich who was rabbi of the orthodox community in Turc, Ugocsa County, Kingdom of Hungary (now part of Turț, Satu Mare County, Romania).

From early on in Klein's childhood, his greatness was already noted.

At the young age of nine years, Klein was able to recite the entire Book of Psalms by heart.

As a youth in Hungary, Klein spent his free time in between classes learning new languages.

Remarkably, at the age of 15, Klein taught himself English using English language textbooks.

Klein had a great talent in learning languages.

1920

Klein passed his exams to become a rabbi in 1920 when he was 21 years old.

1925

Klein studied languages, philology and exact philosophy at the University of Budapest and the University of Vienna; he received his Doctorate of Philosophy from the latter in 1925.

1938

He was the rabbi of the Nové Zámky community, Czechoslovakia, Érsekújvár - since 1938 part of Hungary - from 1931 to 1944 (today part of Slovakia ) when he was deported to Auschwitz and Dachau.

His wife and young son were killed in Czechoslovakia before World War II officially commenced.

His father and two of his three sisters were killed in Auschwitz.

1945

He was freed from Dachau by US troops in 1945.

After the war he served briefly as the rabbi in his hometown of Satu Mare.

1950

After emigrating to France, he was a rabbi of the synagogue on Rue de Montevideo in Paris (1950–1951) and in 1951 he emigrated to Canada, with his sister Elizabeth and her husband.

There he held the post of Rabbi of Congregation Beth Yitshak in Toronto, founded by Hungarian-speaking Holocaust survivors and named for Klein's father Yitschak.

1966

His most famous work is A Comprehensive Etymological Dictionary of the English Language (1966–1967).

1975

In an interview by The Canadian Jewish News (August 1, 1975), Klein recalls traveling from his birthplace Satu Mare, Romania to Austria, a little uneasy at the prospect of studying in a foreign country where he did not know the language.

Klein taught himself German during the few days journey, and by the end of the year he was the best pupil in his class.

Over the years Klein acquired more than 40 languages.

Fifty years later, in 1975 at a ceremony held in Canada by the Austrian Consulate, Klein was awarded the "Golden Ph.D."

on his promotion to Doctorate of Philosophy by the University of Vienna.

1977

For his scholarly work he received honorary degrees from McMaster University and the University of Guelph in 1977.

1978

In 1978, he was made an Officer of the Order of Canada.

1983

He served as the community's rabbi until his death in 1983.

Klein wrote three etymological dictionaries.

1987

He is also the author of A Comprehensive Etymological Dictionary of the Hebrew Language for Readers of English (1987), an English-language etymological dictionary of Hebrew to which he devoted the last ten years of his life.

He wrote an etymological dictionary of medical terms which was not published.