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Adler (CYRUS an American educator)

CYRUS, an American educator and theologian; born in Van Buren, Ark., in 1863. He graduated from the University of Pennsylvania in 1883.

After post-graduate studies at Johns Hopkins University, he became librarian of the Smithsonian Institution in 1892, serving until 1905. He was curator of historic archæology and historical religions in the United States National Museum from 1889 to 1908. In the latter year he became president of Dropsie College for Hebrew and Cognate Learning. He was president of the Board of Directors of the Jewish The Theological Seminary of America and from 1890 president of this institution, and served as special commissioner to Turkey, Egypt, and other countries. He wrote many articles on Semitic philology and allied subjects, was one of the editors of the "Jewish Encyclopedia," and chairman of the Board of Editors of the "New Jewish Translation of the Bible."