Birth Date: | 15 September 1894 |
Birth Place: | Saint Petersberg, Russian Empire |
Death Place: | Jerusalem, Israel |
Burial Place: | Har HaMenuchot |
Nationality: | Israeli |
Education: | Moscow State University Humboldt University of Berlin |
Employer: | Hebrew University of Jerusalem |
Victor A. Tcherikover (Hebrew: אביגדור צ'ריקובר; 1894–1958) was a Russian-born Israeli scholar.
Born in Russia, he settled in Palestine in 1925. He was one of the first teachers at the Hebrew University of Jerusalem and headed the departments of general history and classical studies. He specialized in Jewish history in Palestine and Egypt during the Graeco-Roman period.[1] [2]