Maurice de Hirsch
(1831-1896)
German banker
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Moritz (Zvi) von Hirsch, commonly known as Maurice de Hirsch (German: Moritz Freiherr von Hirsch auf Gereuth; French: Maurice, baron de Hirsch de Gereuth; 9 December 1831 – 21 April 1896), 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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9 December 1831 Munich, Germany
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| Died |
21 April 1896 (aged 64) Hurbanovo, Slovakia
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| Zodiac | Sagittarius |
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