Solomon Schechter

Rabbi Solomon Schechter
Personal
Born	(1847-12-07)7 December 1847 Focșani, Principality of Moldavia
Died	19 November 1915(1915-11-19) (aged 67) New York City, US
Religion	Judaism
Nationality	Moldavian (until 1859) Romanian (after 1881) British American
Alma mater	University of Vienna, Humboldt University of Berlin

Solomon Schechter (Hebrew: שניאור זלמן הכהן שכטר‎; 7 December 1847 – 19 November 1915) was a Moldavian-born British-American rabbi, academic scholar and educator, most famous for his roles as founder and President of the United Synagogue of America, President of the Jewish Theological Seminary of America, and architect of American Conservative Judaism.