Revision as of 02:24, 3 October 2023 edit I dream of horses (talk \| contribs) Autopatrolled, Extended confirmed users, Page movers, New page reviewers, Pending changes reviewers, Rollbackers 572,037 edits m Typo fixing, typo(s) fixed: ’s → 's Tag: AWB ← Previous edit		Revision as of 15:43, 4 October 2023 edit undo Mendelfunk (talk \| contribs) 36 edits Removed baseless claim that Neander was descended from Moses Mendelssohn. This is impossible, since Mendelssohn died in 1786 without grandchildren, and Neander was not the child of any of Mendelssohn's children. In fact, the last name "Mendel" is not a family name but a patronymic. Like Mendelssohn's father, Neander's father was called Mendel, which is a version of the common name Menachem. Having fathers with the same common name is in no way an indication of family relationship. Next edit →
Line 6: ==Biography== Neander was born in [[Göttingen]] as '''David Mendel'''. His father, Emmanuel Mendel, was said to have been a [[Jew]]ish [[peddler~~]] who was descended from [[Moses Mendelssohn~~]].<ref name="Jew in the Pew website">[https://www.jewinthepew.org/2015/01/17/17-janaury-1789-birth-of-david-mendel-auguste-neander-onthisday-otdimjh/ Jew in the Pew website]</ref> While very young, his parents separated and he moved with his mother to [[Hamburg]]. After completing [[grammar school]] (''Johanneum''), he enrolled in a [[gymnasium (school)\|gymnasium]] where he discovered [[Plato]]. Some of his fellow students included [[Wilhelm Neumann]], writer [[Karl August Varnhagen von Ense]], and poet [[Adelbert von Chamisso]].<ref name="EB1911">{{EB1911\|inline=y\|wstitle=Neander, Johann August Wilhelm\|volume=19\|page=321}}</ref> == Conversion from Judaism to Christianity ==

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