Hirsch Sommerhausen

Tzvi Hirsch (Hartog) Sommerhausen (Hebrew: צבי הירש זומרהויזן, romanized: Tsevi Hirsh Zomerhoyzen; 22 October 1781 – 5 March 1853)[3] was a German-born Dutch Jewish writer, poet, and translator.

[2] In 1807, Sommerhausen co-founded the literary society Tot Nut en Beschaving ('For Common Welfare and Civilization'), which aimed to cultivate the arts and sciences and promote practical moral philosophy.

[9] In 1817 he settled in Brussels,[10] where he became secretary of the main synagogue and founded a primary school for poor Jewish children with the financial support of the Rothschild banking house.

[4] He meanwhile continued to work as a private teacher for a number of prominent families, and held several public offices, including as editor of the Moniteur belge and translator of the Bulletin des lois.

He lost his public functions in the aftermath of the Revolution since, though he refused to side with the Dutch in the conflict, the Belgian government considered him a Dutchman.