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15 December 1883 Death of Alexander Neibaur, first Jewish Mormon who taught Joseph Smith Hebrew and Kabbalah #otdimjh

Alexander Neibaur (8 January 1808 – 15 December 1883)

From Fred E. Woods: A Mormon and Still A Jew:

Alexander Neibaur was a man of many talents. An educated man and gifted poet, he was fluent in seven languages. One account describes Neibaur as “a small thin man, with a round ruddy face, [with] sharp eyes.” He was also unusual inasmuch as he was Utah’s first dentist and matchmaker, and the…