Gurion Hyman
Gurion Joseph Hyman | |
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Gurion Joseph Hyman, circa 2008 | |
| Born | January 9, 1925 |
| Died | December 2, 2017 (aged 92) Toronto, Ontario, Canada |
| Education | University of Toronto |
| Occupation(s) | Anthropologist, Linguist, Pharmacist, Composer, Artist, Translator |
| Spouse | Ruth Alice (Warner) Hyman |
| Children | Shayne (1954), Belarie (1956), Avi (1963) |
| Parent(s) | Ben Zion Hyman Fannie Konstantynowski |
Gurion Joseph Hyman (January 9, 1925 – December 2, 2017) was a Canadian anthropologist, linguist, pharmacist, composer, artist, and translator. Primary contributions have been (a) liturgical compositions for the Passover Haggadah and Sabbath prayer service, (b) translations into English as well as the setting to music of several internationally acclaimed Yiddish poets, (c) an (ongoing) project to write an etymological dictionary of Yiddish, and (d) proprietor of the second branch of Hyman's Book and Art Shoppe.