Isaac d israeli biography

British writer

Isaac D'Israeli (11 May 1766 – 19 January 1848) was a British writer, scholar and the father of British prime ministerBenjamin Disraeli.

He is best known for his essays and his associations with other men of letters.

Life and career

Isaac was born in Enfield, Middlesex, England, the only child of Benjamin D'Israeli (1730–1816), a Sephardic Jewish merchant who had immigrated from Cento, Italy, in 1748, and his second wife, Sarah Syprut de Gabay Villa Real (1742/3–1825).

Isaac d israeli biography

Isaac received much of his education in Leiden. At the age of 16, he began his literary career with some verses addressed to Samuel Johnson. He became a frequent guest at the table of the publisher John Murray and became one of the noted bibliophiles of the time.

In 1797 D'Israeli published Vaurien, a romantic novel set in radical circles following the French Revolution. Conservative commentators praised the book for its mockery of radicals in England and depiction of Vaur