Shmuel Tolkowsky | |
Birth Date: | 27 June 1886 |
Shmuel Tolkowsky (27 June 1886 - 19 December 1965) was a Belgian-born agronomist, Zionist and Israeli diplomat. He became the assistant to Chaim Weizmann and Nachum Sokolov, two important leaders of the Zionist Movement. Shmuel Tolkowsky himself was the son-in-law of Yitzhak Goldberg, a founder of the Jewish Foundation Fund.[1]
Dan Tolkowsky was his son.[2]
Born in Antwerp, Belgium, he emigrated to Israel in 1911. He began serving as Consul General in Switzerland in 1949 until he was promoted to Minister in 1951.[3]