(1856-1909) Itinerant Hebrew poet. A Zionist and champion of the restoration of Hebrew as a modern spoken language, he wrote Hatikva/The Hope 1878, which became the Zionist anthem 1897 and the Israeli national anthem 1948. He wrote in Hebrew and Yiddish.
Born in Austria-Hungary, Imber traveled to Palestine and worked as secretary to the wife of British general Oliphant, then went to England and the US.