Maharam Lublin

Maharam Lublin - R' Meir ben Gedaliah of Lublin (1558-1616), Lublin, Poland; Polish talmudist and halakhic authority. Became the head of the yeshivah at Lublin at the age of 24, and before he was 30, was appointed dayyan and head of the yeshivah at Krakow. He was rabbi in Lemberg from ~1595 until 1613, when he was appointed rabbi as well as head of the yeshivah at Lublin, where he died.