Joshua Prawer
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Joshua Prawer (Hebrew: יהושע פרַאוֶור; November 22, 1917 – April 30, 1990) was a notable Israeli historian and a scholar of the Crusades and Kingdom of Jerusalem.
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Born | (1917-11-10)November 10, 1917 Będzin, Kingdom of Poland |
Died | April 30, 1990(1990-04-30) (aged 72) Jerusalem, Israel |
Occupation | Medievalist, Educator |
Nationality | Israeli |
Subject | Crusader states |
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His work often attempted to portray Crusader society as a forerunner to later European colonialist expansion. He was also an important figure in Israeli higher education, was one of the founders of the University of Haifa and Ben-Gurion University, and was a major reformer of the Israeli education system.