Samuel ben Hofni Gaon (jan 1, 920 – jan 1, 1034)
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Samuel ben Hofni Gaon was one of the last major Geonim of Sura. Jewish Encyclopedia identifies him as the last Gaon of Sura and notes that he died in 1034 CE.For your timeline, he represents the final stage of the Sura academy. His lifetime shows the decline of the old Babylonian academy system, as Jewish scholarship increasingly spread to North Africa, Spain, and Europe.
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Date:
jan 1, 920
jan 1, 1034
~ 114 years