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Ephraim Katzir
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Israeli scientist, 4th President of Israel (1973–1978) - (born 1916-2009)
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Ephraim Katzir was an Israeli biophysicist, politician, and university teacher. Born Efraim Kaczalski in Kyiv in 1916, he held citizenship in Israel and practiced Judaism. He was educated at Hebrew University of Jerusalem, Harvard University, Columbia University, and New York University Tandon School of Engineering. His professional career included positions at Tel Aviv University and the Weizmann Institute of Science.
Katzir served as President of Israel and was a member of the Israeli Labor Party. He was affiliated with the Royal Society, the German Academy of Sciences Leopoldina, the French Academy of Sciences, and the National Academy of Sciences. His academic contributions earned him the Israel Prize, Japan Prize, Rothschild Prize, and Sir Hans Krebs Medal, and he was nominated for the Nobel Prize in Chemistry.
He was married to Nina Katzir and had a sibling named Aharon Katzir. Katzir died in Rehovot in 2009 and was buried there. His name in his native language is אפרים קציר. He is recognized in the Royal Society collection, the Israel Prize collection, and the American Academy Arts Sciences collection.
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Key facts
- Prime minister
- Golda Meir , Yitzhak Rabin , Menachem Begin
- Preceded by
- Zalman Shazar
- Succeeded by
- Yitzhak Navon
- Born
- 16 May [ O.S. 3 May ] 1916, Kiev , Kiev uyezd , Kiev Governorate , Russian Empire , (Present-day: Kiev, Ukraine )
- Died
- 30 May 2009 (2009-05-30) (aged 93), Rehovot , Israel
- Party
- Israeli Labor Party
- Spouse
- Nina Gottlieb
- Profession
- Scientist
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- human
- Gender
- male
- Citizenship
- Israel
- Place of birth
- Kyiv
- Place of death
- Rehovot
- Spouse
- Nina Katzir
- Sibling
- Aharon Katzir
- Occupation
- biophysicist
- Position held
- President of Israel
- Educated at
- Gymnasia Rehavia
- Employer
- Tel Aviv University
- Political party
- Israeli Labor Party
- Languages spoken
- Hebrew
- Religion
- Judaism
- Field of work
- politics
- Military rank
- Lieutenant Colonel
- Image
- EKatzir771.jpg
- Work location
- Weizmann Institute of Science
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- Commons category
- Ephraim Katzir
- member of
- American Philosophical Society
- date of birth
- 1916-05-03
- date of death
- 2009-05-30
- Erdős number
- 2
- birth name
- Эфраимъ Юдель-Гершевичъ Качальскій
- nominated for
- Nobel Prize in Chemistry
- name in native language
- אפרים קציר
- place of burial
- Rehovot
- P8168
- Velký Ořechov
- subject has role
- eponym
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Encyclopedic overview
Ephraim Katzir (Hebrew: אֶפְרַיִם קָצִיר, romanized: Ep̄rayim Qaṣir; 16 May [O.S. 3 May] 1916 – 30 May 2009) was an Israeli biophysicist and Labor Party politician. He was the president of Israel from 1973 until 1978.
Biography
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