Researching Maurice Samuels
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 | Did you know that in the 1881 UK census there were 1267 people with the Samuels surname? In that year Samuels was ranked number 2354 for popularity in the UK. |
The name Maurice means "Moor, Dark Skinned" and is of Greek origin.
Records of Maurice Samuels on Ancestry
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Birth, Death and Marriage Records for Maurice Samuels and the Samuels Family History
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| Did you know that there are currently 3751 people with the Samuels surname in the UK? Samuels is now ranked number 1520 for popularity in the UK. |
Samuels Family History Databases
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Some Famous People called Maurice Samuels
Maurice Samuels
Maurice Samuels (born August 9, 1968) is the Betty Jane Anlyan Professor of French at Yale University. He graduated with a BA (summa cum laude) in 1990 from Harvard University, where he also earned his MA (1995) and PhD (2000). Before moving to Yale in 2006, Samuels taught at the University of Pennsylvania. He specializes in the literature and culture of nineteenth-century France and in Jewish Studies, and is the author of books and articles on these and other topics. He is the inaugural director of the Yale Program for the Study of Antisemitism.
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Other names that sound a bit like Samuels
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