Yitzhak Baer facts for kids

Quick facts for kids Yitzhak Baer
Born	Fritz Baer (1888-12-20)20 December 1888 Halberstadt, Saxony, Germany
Died	22 January 1980(1980-01-22) (aged 91) Jerusalem, Israel
Nationality	Israeli
Occupation	Historian
Known for	Bialik Prize; Israel Prize; Yakir Yerushalayim

Yitzhak Baer (Hebrew: יצחק בער; 20 December 1888 – 22 January 1980) was a German-Israeli historian and an expert on medieval Spanish Jewish history.

Early life

Baer was born in Halberstadt in the Prussian Province of Saxony, Germany, in 1888. He studied philosophy, history and classical philology at Berlin University, the University of Strasbourg and the University of Freiburg.

He emigrated to Mandatory Palestine, now Israel, in 1930, and began lecturing on medieval Jewish history at the Hebrew University of Jerusalem. He was professor of medieval history at the University from 1932 to 1945.

Awards

• In 1945, Baer was awarded the Bialik Prize for Jewish thought.
• In 1958, he was awarded the Israel Prize, in Jewish studies.
• In 1968, he received the Yakir Yerushalayim (Worthy Citizen of Jerusalem) award.

See also

• Baer
• List of Bialik Prize recipients
• List of Israel Prize recipients