Naphtali Lewy (Halevi) (1840–94)

Polish Hebrew scholar and merchant. Born in Kolo, Poland. Pursued Judaic studies; studied science and modern languages in Posen. Tutor and merchant in Radom, 1860–76. Moved to London where he had failed ventures as a publisher of Jewish newspapers and with an import-export shoe business, before becoming a kosher animal slaughterer, 1876–92. Retired to Southport, Lancashire, in 1892. Author of several works on Jewish law and biblical interpretation, including Toldot Adam, a Hebrew work that argued for the compatibility of CD’s theory of evolution with Jewish theology.