# Joseph Kalonymos — Daniel Deronda character guide

> Joseph Kalonymos in Daniel Deronda by George Eliot.

**Role:** minor

**Also known as:** Kalonymos, this Kalonymos

**First appearance:** 0061-li

## Who they are

A Jewish banker who helps Deronda learn about his family history.

## Relationships

### [Daniel Deronda](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/daniel_deronda_se/characters/daniel_deronda)

_family_

Kalonymos is a Jewish banker who reveals Daniel's true lineage and connects him to his ancestral heritage.

### [Henleigh Grandcourt](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/daniel_deronda_se/characters/henleigh_grandcourt)

_social_

Grandcourt has a brief, tense business interaction with Kalonymos, who represents Daniel's Jewish heritage that Grandcourt scorns.

### [Daniel Deronda](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/daniel_deronda_se/characters/daniel_deronda)

_family_

Kalonymos is a Jewish banker who reveals Daniel's true lineage and connects him to his ancestral heritage.

### [Daniel Deronda](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/daniel_deronda_se/characters/daniel_deronda)

_family_

Kalonymos is a Jewish banker who reveals Daniel's true lineage and connects him to his ancestral heritage.

### [Henleigh Grandcourt](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/daniel_deronda_se/characters/henleigh_grandcourt)

_social_

Grandcourt has a brief, tense business interaction with Kalonymos, who represents Daniel's Jewish heritage that Grandcourt scorns.

### [Henleigh Grandcourt](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/daniel_deronda_se/characters/henleigh_grandcourt)

_social_

Grandcourt has a brief, tense business interaction with Kalonymos, who represents Daniel's Jewish heritage that Grandcourt scorns.

## In the story

### [LX](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/daniel_deronda_se/chapters/lx)

Old friend of Daniel Charisi, delivers the chest to Deronda and presses him to affirm his Jewish identity.

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