# Henri Gradis

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**Moïse Henri Gradis** (30 July 1823 – 23 January 1905) was a French businessman and historian.

## Life

Moïse Henri Gradis was born on 30 July 1823 in [Bordeaux](/source/Bordeaux).[1] He came from a family of prominent [Portuguese-Jewish](/source/History_of_the_Jews_in_Portugal) [Bordeaux](/source/Bordeaux) merchants who had flourished in the 18th century but were ruined by the [French Revolution](/source/French_Revolution) and the insurrections in [Santo Domingo](/source/Santo_Domingo) and [Martinique](/source/Martinique).[2][3] His parents were Benjamin Gradis (1789–1858) and Laure Sarah Rodrigues Henriquès (1803–46). In 1853 he married Claire Brandame (1835–1925). Their son was [Raoul Gradis](/source/Raoul_Gradis) (1861–1943).[1] Their daughter Emma Gradis married [Georges Schwob d'Héricourt](/source/Georges_Schwob_d'H%C3%A9ricourt) in 1889.[4]

The *[Maison Gradis](/source/Maison_Gradis)* recovered, and by 1892 was selling sugar from several producers in Bordeaux, Nantes and Marseille.[5] Henri Gradis was deputy mayor of Bordeaux in 1864 and 1876.[1] He was also the author of a history of Bordeaux and several other literary works.[6] His history of the 1848 revolution won praise for its accuracy and lack of bias.[7] Moïse Henri Gradis died in Paris in 1905.[1] He was succeeded at the *Maison Gradis* by his son Raoul.[8]

## Publications

- *[Measure for Measure](/source/Measure_for_Measure)*, by [William Shakespeare](/source/William_Shakespeare) (translation, 1847)
- *Réflexions sur le christianisme, suivies d’une lettre à un jeune Israélite* (1847-1850)
- *Histoire de la guerre de 1870* (1870)
- *Notes sur la guerre de 1870 et sur la Commune* (1872)
- *Histoire de la révolution de 1848*
- *Judaïsme et christianisme* (1874)
- *Notice sur la Famille Gradis et sur la Maison Gradis et Fils de Bordeaux* (1875)
- *Introduction à l'histoire du peuple d'Israël; judaïsme et christianisme* (1876)
- *Polyxène, drame antique en 4 actes et en vers* (1881)
- *Jérusalem, drame en 5 actes et en vers* (1883)
- [*Histoire de Bordeaux*](https://web.archive.org/web/20151222155407/http://1886.u-bordeaux3.fr/items/show/1308). Bordeaux: Féret. 1901. p. 459. Archived from [the original](http://1886.u-bordeaux3.fr/items/show/1308) on 2015-12-22. Retrieved 2014-11-24.
- *Le peuple d'Israël* (Paris, 1891)

## References

1. Moïse Henri GRADIS, Geneanet.

1. Pierfit. ["Généalogie de la famille Gradis"](http://gw.geneanet.org/pierfit?lang=en&p=antoine&n=gradis)

1. GRADIS, Jewish Encyclopedia.

1. Georges Schwob d'Héricourt ... entreprises coloniales.

1. SFCO (Ancienne Maison Gradis), Les Hénokiens.

1. Maison GRADIS à Bordeaux, Archives Nationales.

1. The Nation 1873, p. 287.

1. Schoenberg 2012.

## Sources

- ["Georges Schwob d'Héricourt(1864-1942)"](https://web.archive.org/web/20160304044535/http://www.entreprises-coloniales.fr/inde-indochine/Schwob_d%27Hericourt_%28G%29.pdf). *Les entreprises coloniales françaises*. 2014-09-30. Archived from [the original](http://www.entreprises-coloniales.fr/inde-indochine/Schwob_d'Hericourt_(G).pdf) on 2016-03-04. Retrieved 2014-11-24.
- ["GRADIS"](http://www.jewishencyclopedia.com/articles/6849-gradis). *Jewish Encyclopedia*. 1906. Retrieved 2014-11-24.
- ["Maison GRADIS à Bordeaux"](http://www.archivesnationales.culture.gouv.fr/camt/fr/egf/donnees_efg/180AQ_181AQ/180AQ_181AQ_INV.pdf). Archives Nationales. Retrieved 2014-11-24.[dead link]
- ["Moïse Henri GRADIS"](http://gw.geneanet.org/pierfit?lang=fr&p=moise+henri&n=gradis&oc=1). *Geneanet*. Retrieved 2014-11-24.
- Schoenberg, Randy (2012-06-21). ["Raoul Gradis"](http://www.geni.com/people/Raoul-Gradis/6000000002764523541). *Geni*. Retrieved 2014-10-21.
- ["SFCO (Ancienne Maison Gradis)"](http://www.henokiens.com/content.php?id=51&id_membre=39&lg=fr). Les Hénokiens. Retrieved 2014-10-21.
- [*The Nation*](https://archive.org/details/nation00unkngoog). J.H. Richards & Company. 1873. p. [287](https://archive.org/details/nation00unkngoog/page/n266). Retrieved 2014-11-24.

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