Born in Bacau, Romania, at the age of six he was taken by his parents to Eretz Israel where his father was a founder of Zikhron Yaakov. Aaronsohn studied in France and on his return worked as an agronomist in Metulla. His discovery of specimens of wild wheat at Rosh Pinna brought him international fame as a botanist. He raised money in the US for the establishment of an agricultural experimental station at Athlit. During World War I he and his family organized Nili, a secret intelligence group to aid the British forces. In 1918 Aaronsohn worked with the Zionist Commission and in 1919 with the Zionist delegation to the Peace Conference. He was killed in an airplane crash over the English Channel.

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AARONSOHN, Aaron. `Ako / me-et Aharon Aharonson. Hotsa'ah meyuhedet me-"ha-Yishuv." Pp. 41. Tel Aviv; Yerushalayim: Y. Robinzon, 739 [1978 or 1979]

AARONSOHN, Aaron. Tsemah Ma`arav ha-Yarden : mifkad bikoret la-tsemahim asher ne'esfu...hugderu `al yede Aharon Aharonson be-meshekh mas`otav (1904-1916) be-ma`arav ha-Yarden, Suryah veha-Levanon / pakdu u-vikru H. R. Openhaymer u-M. Even-Ari be-tseruf yomanim le-mas`e Aharon Aharonson... Pp. 6, 533. [Zikhron Ya`akov] : Keren Aharonson, [1956]

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GRIBBON, Walter. Agents of empire: Anglo-Zionist intelligence operations, 1915-1919. Edited by Anthony Verrier. 1st English ed. Pp. xvi, 342. London; Washington: Brassey's (UK), 1995.

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