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About DAVID SASSON SASSON (BOMBEI)
David Sassoon Sassoon:
Indian merchant; born at Bombay 1832; died at London 1867. At an early age he was sent to Bagdad, where he was initiated into Biblical and Talmudic lore. Thence he proceeded to Shanghai, where he conducted the mercantile operations of the China branch of the firm of David Sassoon, Sons & Co. He went to London in 1858, and soon occupied a prominent position among the principal merchants of that city, being elected director of a number of important companies. He spoke several Oriental languages with great fluency.
(see image) David Sassoon.
Sassoon was president of a committee which had for its object the organization of an expedition to the Jews in China, Abyssinia, and the East; and was a member of the council of Jews' College and of the committee of the Jews' Free School, which two institutions he munificently endowed. He was also a warden of the Spanish and Portuguese synagogue. For several years he acted as examiner in Hebrew to the Jews' Free School.
Bibliography: Jew. Chron. July 19, 1867.
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DAVID SASSON SASSON (BOMBEI)'s Timeline
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1832
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בומביי
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| 1867 |
1867
Age 35
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לונדון
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