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[[File:Founder of the Maghen David Synagogue, or Shield of David. Elias David Joseph Ezra who served as High Sheriff of Calcutta.jpg|thumb|Elias David Joseph Ezra.]]<br />
'''Elias David Joseph Ezra''' (20 February 1830 - 3 February 1886) was a property owner in Calcutta, India. He was a member of the Baghdadi Jewish community of that city.<br />
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Elias was the eldest son of merchant [[David Joseph Ezra]] who died in 1882. Elias built<ref>[http://www.jewishencyclopedia.com/articles/3917-calcutta "Calcutta".] Joseph Jacobs & Joseph Ezekiel, jewishencyclopedia.com Retrieved 6 September 2015.</ref> the [[Magen David Synagogue (Kolkata)|Magen David Synagogue]] in 1884<ref>[http://www.telegraphindia.com/1100425/jsp/calcutta/story_12374215.jsp Jewish jewels.] Samhita Chakraborty Lahiri, ''[[The Telegraph, Calcutta|The Telegraph]]'', 25 April 2010. Retrieved 6 September 2015.</ref> in honour of his father.<ref>[http://www.jewishcalcutta.in/exhibits/show/imp_mem_com/david_j_ezra David Joseph Ezra.] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160304230410/http://www.jewishcalcutta.in/exhibits/show/imp_mem_com/david_j_ezra |date=4 March 2016 }} ''Recalling Jewish Calcutta: Memories of the Jewish community in Calcutta''. Retrieved 6 September 2015.</ref><br />
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He married Mozelle Sassoon (1853–1922), daughter of [[David Sassoon (treasurer)|Sir David Sassoon]] of Bombay.<ref>[http://jwa.org/encyclopedia/article/baghdadi-jewish-women-in-india Baghdadi Jewish Women in India.] Joan G. Roland and Tamar Marge Gubbay, Jewish Women's Archive. Retrieved 6 September 2015.</ref><br />
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His son were [[Sir David Ezra]] and [[Alfred Ezra]].<br />
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==See also==<br />
*[[History of the Jews in Kolkata]]<br />
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