Cecil Roth was a British Jewish historian and educator. He was educated at Merton College, Oxford (Ph.D., 1924) and returned to Oxford as reader in Jewish Studies from 1939 to 1964. Thereafter he was visiting professor at Bar-Ilan University, Israel (1964–1965), and at the City University of New York (1966–1969). He was editor of "Encyclopedia Judaica" from 1965 until his death. Wikipedia
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