David Elias Ezra

Sir David Elias Ezra (1871-1947) (or simply Sir David Ezra) was a prominent member of the Baghdadi Jewish community in Calcutta, India.

Sir David Elias Ezra

Early life and family

David Elias Ezra was born in 1871,[1] the son of Elias David Ezra and the grandson of David Joseph Ezra. He married Rachel Sassoon, daughter of Solomon David Sassoon.[2]

Positions

Ezra was Sheriff of Calcutta and a director of the Reserve Bank of India.[3] He was president of the Jewish Relief Association[4] and of The Asiatic Society.[5]

Death

Ezra died in 1947.[1]

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See also

References
  1. Baghdadi Jewish Women in India. Joan G. Roland and Tamar Marge Gubbay, Jewish Women's Archive. Retrieved 6 September 2015.
  2. Jewish Women's Archive: Flora Sassoon
  3. Prominent Iraqi Jews of recent times. Meer Basri, The Scribe, Issue 76, Spring 2003. Retrieved 6 September 2015.
  4. Roland, Joan G. (1998). The Jewish Communities of India: Identity in a Colonial Era (2nd ed.). New Brunswick: Transaction Publishers. pp. 177–178. ISBN 978-1-4128-3748-4.
  5. David Joseph Ezra. Archived 4 March 2016 at the Wayback Machine Recalling Jewish Calcutta: Memories of the Jewish community in Calcutta. Retrieved 6 September 2015.
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