Hirsch, Maurice de, baron, 1831-1896

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Name (Hebrew)
הירש, משה, 1831-1896
Name (Latin)
Hirsch, Maurice de, baron, 1831-1896
Name (Cyrilic)
Гирш, Мориц де, барон, 1831-1896
Other forms of name
De Hirsch, Maurice, baron, 1831-1896
Deh-Hirsh, Moris, baron, 1831-1896
Girsh, baron, 1831-1896
Hirsch auf Gereuth, Moritz, Freiherr von, 1831-1896
Hirsch, Mauricio de, barón, 1831-1896
Hirsch, Moïse de, baron, 1831-1896
Hirsch, Moses de, baron, 1831-1896
Hirsch, baron de, 1831-1896
Hirsh, Moris deh-, baron, 1831-1896
Khirsh, baron, 1831-1896
Hirsch, Moritz, Freiherr auf Gereuth, 1831-1896
Hirsch, Maurice, baron de, 1831-1896
Hirsch, Mauricio De, Baron
Гирш, Мориц, барон фон, 1831-1896
Гирш-Герейт, Мориц, барон фон, 1831-1896
Герейт, Мориц, барон фон Гирш-, 1831-1896
Гирш, Мориц, барон, 1831-1896
הירש, משה, ברון פון
הירש, מוריס דה
דה הירש, משה
הירש, משה דה
הירש, מאריץ, באראן פון
פון הירש, משה, ברון
מוריס דה הירש אאוף גרויט
Date of birth
1831
Date of death
1896
Gender
male
MARC
MARC

Other Identifiers

VIAF: 19671222
Wikidata: Q45214
Library of congress: n 50057931
Sources of Information
  • Britannica online, Apr. 15, 2010(Hirsch, Maurice, baron de (French; German, in full: Moritz, Freiherr von Hirsch auf Gereuth); b. Dec. 9, 1831, Munich; d. Apr. 21, 1896, Érsekújvár, Hungary; Jewish businessman noted for his extensive philanthropy)
  • German Wikipedia WWW site, Apr. 15, 2010(under Maurice de Hirsch: Baron Maurice de Hirsch; b. Moritz Freiherr von Hirsch auf Gereuth, Dec. 9, 1831, Munich; d. Apr. 21, 1896, near Ersek-Ujvar, Hungary; Jewish German entrepreneur and philanthropist)
  • LC database, Apr. 15, 2010(pre-AACR2 hdg.: Hirsch, Moritz, Freiherr auf Gereuth, 1831-1896; usage: Baron/baron de Hirsch [predominant form], Baron Maurice de Hirsch, barón Mauricio de Hirsch, baron Hirsh, Baron Moris deh-Hirsh, baron Khirsh, baron Girsh)
  • La coupe d'amertume, 1897:t.p. (baron Moïse de Hirsch) added t.p. (baron Moses de Hirsch)
  • Mamlakhto ha-filanṭropit shel nadvan Yehudi, 1982:t.p. (ha-Baron Moris Deh-Hirsh) added t.p. (Baron Maurice de Hirsch [in rom.]) introd. (German financier; founder of Jewish Colonization Association)
  • Oxford DNB WWW site, Apr. 15, 2010(Hirsch, Maurice de (formerly Moritz von Hirsch), Baron de Hirsch in the Bavarian nobility; b. Dec. 9, 1831, Munich; d. Apr. 21, 1896, Ogyalla, near Komorn, Hungary; businessman and philanthropist; moved to Paris after his marriage (1855); owned vast estates in Austria-Hungary and France; his London address was Bath House, Piccadilly; in his later years signed himself Maurice de Hirsch, baron)
  • ממלכתו הפילנטרופית של נדבן יהודי. תשמ"ב.
  • LCN
  • The Author's Что дѣлаетъ баронъ Гиршъ?, 1893.
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Wikipedia description:

Moritz Freiherr von Hirsch auf Gereuth (German: Moritz Freiherr von Hirsch auf Gereuth; French: Maurice, baron de Hirsch de Gereuth; 9 December 1831 – 21 April 1896), commonly known as Maurice de Hirsch, was a German Jewish financier and philanthropist who set up charitable foundations to promote Jewish education and improve the lot of oppressed European Jewry. He was the founder of the Jewish Colonization Association, which sponsored large-scale Jewish immigration to Argentina.

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