Isaac D'Israeli

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Isaak D´Israeli (before 1798)

Isaak D'Israeli (also Isaac D'Israeli ; born May 11, 1766 in Enfield , Middlesex , † January 19, 1848 in Bradenham , Buckinghamshire ) was an English writer and literary historian.

Isaak D'Israeli was the only son of Benjamin D'Israeli (1730-1816), a wholesaler who came from the Italian city of Cento and who settled in England in 1748, where he was not naturalized until 1801. Isaac was not religious but influenced by the thoughts of the Enlightenment. In 1802 he married Maria Basevi (1774–1847), who also came from a London-based family of Italian-Jewish origin. The couple had five children: Sarah (1802–1859), Benjamin (1804–1881), Naphtali (* 1807, died as an infant), Raphael (1809–1898) and Jacobus (1813–1868). The children were given their names according to Jewish tradition, and the sons were all circumcised . However, on the advice of his friend, the historian Sharon Turner, and as a result of years of conflict with the Bevis Marks Synagogue , all of his children were baptized in the Church of England in 1817 . Although he did not convert to Christianity himself, he was buried in a non-Jewish cemetery.

He gained literary fame with Curiosities of Literature , a collection of anecdotes about famous personalities, books and the hobbies of book collectors. In 1828 his biography of Charles I ( The Life and Reign of Charles I ) was published, which enjoyed great popularity in the 19th century and for which he was awarded an honorary doctorate from Oxford University .

His second child, the two-time British Prime Minister Benjamin Disraeli , also left biographical notes on his father as part of his editions of works.

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