Elias David Joseph Ezra (20 February 1830 - 3 February 1886) was a property owner in Calcutta, India. He was a member of the Baghdadi Jewish community of that city.
Elias was the eldest son of merchant David Joseph Ezra who died in 1882. Elias built[1] the Magen David Synagogue in 1884[2] in honour of his father.[3]
He married Mozelle Sassoon (1853–1922), daughter of Sir David Sassoon of Bombay.[4]
His son were Sir David Ezra and Alfred Ezra.
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edit- ^ "Calcutta". Joseph Jacobs & Joseph Ezekiel, jewishencyclopedia.com Retrieved 6 September 2015.
- ^ Jewish jewels. Samhita Chakraborty Lahiri, The Telegraph, 25 April 2010. Retrieved 6 September 2015.
- ^ David Joseph Ezra. Archived 4 March 2016 at the Wayback Machine Recalling Jewish Calcutta: Memories of the Jewish community in Calcutta. Retrieved 6 September 2015.
- ^ Baghdadi Jewish Women in India. Joan G. Roland and Tamar Marge Gubbay, Jewish Women's Archive. Retrieved 6 September 2015.
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