Izsák Lőwy

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The native form of this personal name is Lőwy Izsák. This article uses the Western name order.

Izsák Lőwy (also known as Isaac Lowy) (1793, Nagysurány, Kingdom of Hungary – 8 April 1847, Újpest, Kingdom of Hungary^[1]) was a Hungarian industrialist and founder of the city Újpest, now a district of Budapest, Hungary.^[2]^[3] He created the city name Újpest (New Pest). He was the leader of the Jewish community and the town's first judge.^[3] In 1866 a street named after Izsák Lőwy in his town (next to present Újpest-Városkapu metro station).

References

↑ Újpestlexikon (Hungarian)
↑ Patai, Raphael (1996). The Jews of Hungary. 265: Wayne State University Press. p. 730. ISBN 978-0-8143-2561-2.
↑ 3.0 3.1 Valley, Eli (1999). The Great Jewish Cities of Central and Eastern Europe: A Travel Guide and Resource Book to Prague, Warsaw, Crakow, and Budapest. Jason Aronson. p. 538. ISBN 0-7657-6000-2.

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Name	Lowy, Isaac
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Date of birth	1793
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Date of death	8 April 1847
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