| Code | DS/UK/158 |
| Dates | 10/01/1847-25/09/1920 |
| Person Name | Schiff; Jacob Henry (10/01/1847-25/09/1920) |
| Surname | Schiff |
| Forenames | Jacob Henry |
| Activity | Banker and Philanthopist; Head of Kuhn, Loeb & Company (875 |
| Relationships | Married (1875) to Therese Schiff, née Loeb; father of Mortimer Schiff and Frieda Warburg, née Schiff; father-in-law of Felix Moritz Warburg. |
| History | Apprenticeship as a broker (1861-); moved to USA (1865), joined of Budge, Schiff & Company (1867). American citizenship in 1870; return to Germany 1872-1974), then back to New York (1874-) joining banking firm of Kuhn, Loeb & Company. |
| Source | Ron Chernow, The Warburgs: A Family Saga, London 1996; "Schiff, Jacob Henry". Dictionary of American Biography. New York, 1928-1936. pp. 430-432; Cohen, Naomi Wiener, Jacob H. Schiff: a Study in American Jewish Leadership. Hanover, New Hampshire, 1999; "Jacob Henry Schiff" in en.wikipedia ULR: <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jacob_Schiff> [accessed 07/03/2011].. |
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