Morris Elias Curiel

Morris Elias Curiel (1863-1928) was a Venezuelan banker and member of the Government of Curaçao.[1][2] He liked to write poetry in his spare time.[3] In 1998, his son Elias Morris Curiel donated the finances to transform the Center for Sephardic Studies in Caracas into the Sephardi Museum Morris E. Curiel, in his father's name.[4][5] His cousin Elias David Curiel wrote the Venezuelan national anthem, Falćon.[6]

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  3. "Vitrina de la CULTURA JUDÍA, Por Abel Flores". Revista Maguén Escudo (in Spanish). 2014-11-07. Retrieved 2020-04-28.
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  5. Ehrlich, Mark Avrum (2009). Encyclopedia of the Jewish Diaspora: Origins, Experiences, and Culture. ABC-CLIO. ISBN 978-1-85109-873-6.
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