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Samuel Boulkind (1884-1966) was a pharmacist and polyglot based in Montreal. He was the first Jewish president of the Collège des pharmaciennes du Québec. He was born circa 1884 in Bialostok, Poland and grew up in Rishon-le-Zion, Palestine. His parents were Russian-born, Elkanan Boulkind (Elchanan Greenberg Bolkind) and Rebecca "Rivka" Metzig (Moshe Hacohen Metsik) and came to Palestine as pioneers. They remained there after Samuel immigrated to Canada circa 1904.
Samuel completed a pharmacy degree at Laval University (later University of Montreal) in Quebec City, which was also the home of his future wife Fanny Fish. The couple moved to Montreal where Samuel opened successful pharmacies in the Jewish ghetto area around Boulevard St-Laurent as well as further east into the traditionally French-Canadian area.
Because of his up-bringing in Palestine, Samuel spoke multiple languages, including French, English, Yiddish, Hebrew, German, and Arabic. His skill with Eastern European languages allowed him to expand his pharmacy business to include mail-order requests from immigrants around Montreal, Quebec, eastern Canada and even into the United States.
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This series consists of correspondences between Samuel Boulkind and pharmacies in Europe, most predominantly Hungarian.