Steven Sewell | |
Birth Date: | 24 March 1734 |
Birth Place: | York, Maine |
Death Place: | Boston, Province of Massachusetts |
Nationality: | American |
Alma Mater: | Harvard University |
Discipline: | Linguistics |
Sub Discipline: | Hebrew |
Workplaces: | Harvard University |
Stephen Sewall (March 24, 1734 – July 23, 1804) was an American professor of Hebrew and Oriental languages at Harvard University. He was a charter member of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences (1780) and was considered one of the greatest scholars of his generation.[1]
He replaced Judah Monis as the lecturer in Hebrew at his alma mater shortly after he graduated in 1761.