Shmuel Pevzner (December 17, 1878 - May 7, 1930 , Jerusalem ) was a Russian-born Jewish writer and industrialist. He was a delegate to the First World Zionist Congress in 1897) and one of the pioneers of settlement in Eretz Israel.[1]
Shmuel Pevzner was born in Propoisk. He received a traditional Jewish education and then studied engineering at the Berlin Technical Institute, graduating in 1903. At the age of 18, he attended First Zionist Congress in Basel as its youngest delegate. In 1905, he immigrated to Palestine.
Pevzner married Lee Ginsberg daughter of Ahad Ha'am. Pevzner's sister, Shifra, married the Jewish writer Mordechai Hakohen.
In 1909, Pevzner established the Atid soap factory in Haifa. He was one of the founders of the Hadar Hacarmel neighborhood in the city, and played a key role in the establishment of the Technion. Pevzner served in the Haifa municipality and was a delegate to the Assembly of Representatives (Asefat ha-nivkharim).
Pevzner Street in Haifa is named after him.