Schiff, Jacob Henry

Schiff, Jacob Henry
(1847-1920)
   American financier and philanthropist. He was born in Germany, and went to the US in 1885, where he became head of the banking firm of Kuhn, Loeb and Co. He was a founder of the American Jewish Committee, and contributed to a wide range of secular and Jewish organizations.

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  • SCHIFF, JACOB HENRY — (1847–1920), U.S. financier and philanthropist. Born in Frankfurt, Germany, he was the descendant of a distinguished rabbinical family (see Schiff, Meir b. Jacob ). He received a thorough secular and religious education at the local school of the …   Encyclopedia of Judaism

  • Schiff, Jacob Henry — (1847–1920)    US banker and philanthropist. Schiff emigrated to the United States from his native Frankfurt, Germany, at the age of eighteen, and found a job in a New York brokerage firm. Within twenty years his remarkable financial acumen had… …   Who’s Who in Jewish History after the period of the Old Testament

  • Jacob Henry Schiff — Jakob Heinrich Schiff Jakob Heinrich Schiff (* 10. Januar 1847 in Frankfurt am Main; † 25. September 1920 in New York City, auch Jakob Schiff, Jacob Schiff oder Jacob Henry Schiff) war ein New Yorker Bankier und Philanthrop …   Deutsch Wikipedia

  • Jacob — /jay keuhb/ for 1, 3; Fr. /zhann kawb / for 2, n. 1. the second son of Isaac, the twin brother of Esau, and father of the 12 patriarchs. Gen. 25:24 34. 2. François /frddahonn swann /, born 1920, French geneticist: Nobel prize for medicine 1965. 3 …   Universalium

  • henry — /hen ree/, n., pl. henries, henrys. Elect. the SI unit of inductance, formally defined to be the inductance of a closed circuit in which an electromotive force of one volt is produced when the electric current in the circuit varies uniformly at a …   Universalium

  • Henry — /hen ree/, n. 1. Joseph, 1797 1878, U.S. physicist. 2. O., pen name of William Sydney Porter. 3. Patrick, 1736 99, American patriot, orator, and statesman. 4. Cape, a cape in SE Virginia at the mouth of the Chesapeake Bay. 5. Fort. See …   Universalium

  • Jacob Schiff — Jacob Henry Schiff, born Jacob Hirsch Schiff (January 10, 1847 ndash; September 25, 1920) was a German born New York City banker and philanthropist, who helped finance, among many other things, the Japanese military efforts against Tsarist Russia …   Wikipedia

  • Jacob Schiff — Pour les articles homonymes, voir Schiff. Jacob Schiff Jacob H. Schiff, né Jacob Hirsch Schiff (orthographié aussi Heinrich) (10 octobre 1847, Francf …   Wikipédia en Français

  • Jacob Schiff — Jakob Heinrich Schiff Jakob Heinrich Schiff (* 10. Januar 1847 in Frankfurt am Main; † 25. September 1920 in New York City, auch Jakob Schiff, Jacob Schiff oder Jacob Henry Schiff) war ein New Yorker Bankier und Philanthrop …   Deutsch Wikipedia

  • Schiff (Begriffsklärung) — Der Begriff Schiff bezeichnet das Schiff als ein großes Wasserfahrzeug, im Gegensatz zum Boot ein Gefäß, insbesondere einen Nachttopf eine gemeine Figur in der Heraldik, siehe Schiff (Heraldik) bei der Deutschen Marine gilt ein Wasserfahrzeug als …   Deutsch Wikipedia

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