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Adolph Lewisohn

Danish: Lewinsohn, German: Lewisohn
Birthdate:
Birthplace: Hamburg, Germany
Death: August 17, 1938 (89)
Upper Saranac Lake, Saranac, Clinton County, New York, United States (Heart Attack)
Place of Burial: Salem Fields Cemetery, Brooklyn, Kings County, New York
Immediate Family:

Son of Samuel Lewisohn and Julie Guta Lewisohn
Husband of Emma Miriam Lewisohn
Father of Florence Lewisohn Reckford; Julia Henry; Clara Rossin; Adele Lehman; Samuel Adolph Lewisohn and 3 others
Brother of Friederike Frederikke Munk; Louise Bernays; Selly Raunheim; Julius Lewisohn; Henny Henriette Lewisohn and 2 others
Half brother of Philip Lewisohn; Raphael Lewisohn; John Lewisohn; Nachmann Albert Lewisohn and Moses Rawiszer

Occupation: Banker, Copper Trader
Managed by: Carlos F. Bunge
Last Updated:

About Adolph Lewisohn

"Adolph Lewisohn (May 27, 1849 – August 17, 1938) was a German Jewish immigrant born in Hamburg who became a New York City investment banker, mining magnate, and philanthropist. He is the namesake of the former School of Mines building on the Morningside Heights campus of Columbia University, as well as the former Lewisohn Stadium at the City College of New York. Time magazine called him: "one of the most intelligent and effective workers on human relationships in the U.S."

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Links:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Adolph_Lewisohn

http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GRid=625

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Adolph Lewisohn's Timeline

1849
May 27, 1849
Hamburg, Germany
1879
April 24, 1879
New York, New York, NY, United States
1879
New York, New York, United States
1880
August 24, 1880
New York, New York County, New York, United States
1882
May 17, 1882
New York, New York, NY, United States
1884
1884
New York, NY, United States
1885
August 13, 1885
1938
August 17, 1938
Age 89
Upper Saranac Lake, Saranac, Clinton County, New York, United States
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