ARN
NAYMAN
He came from a town near Grodno,
Russian Poland. He lived in Grodno,
Bialystok, and Warsaw. He was a teacher
of Hebrew, Russian, and mathematics. He
published articles on issues of the calendar and translations from Russian and
German in Hamagid (The preacher), Hamelits (The advocate), and other
serials. He was the author of Der sto-lyetnik (The centenarian), “this
book is an astronomical, astrological, economic, and political calendar for 200
years, from 1800 to 2000” (Warsaw, 1878), 96 pp. This rare work may be found in the Harkavy
Collection at Harvard University in Massachusetts.
Source:
Preface to Der sto-lyetnik.
Khayim Leyb Fuks
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