Born in F�lek, Hungary, in 1869; son of the Talmudist rabbi Phineas B�chler of Mo�r. He was educated at the gymnasium in Sz�kesfeh�rv�r and at the university and the seminary of Budapest; he received the degree of Ph.D. in 1893, and was ordained as rabbi in 1895. In 1897 he was called to Keszthely.
B�chler's works include essays on the history of the Jews in Hungary, published in the "Magyar Zsid� Szemle" and the "Oesterreichische Wochenschrift," and the following books: "Niederlassungen der Juden in Europa im XVI. und XVII. Jahrhundert, mit Besonderer R�cksichtauf Ungarn," Budapest, 1893 (in Hungarian); "Schay Lamoreh," "Kolel Miktebe ?akme Yisrael," Budapest, 1895 (in Hebrew); and "History of the Jews in Budapest," 1901 (in Hungarian).