Solomon Loeb
{{Short description|German born American banker (1828–1903)}}
{{Infobox person
|name = Solomon Loeb
|image = Solomon Loeb MET AW 11 72.jpg
|caption = Medal of Solomon Loeb {{circa|1905}}
|birth_date = {{birth date|1828|6|29}}
|birth_place = Worms, Rhenish Hesse, Germany
|death_date = {{Death date and age|1903|12|12|1828|6|29}}
|death_place = New York City, U.S.
|other_names =
|known_for =
|occupation = Banker
|employer = Kuhn, Loeb & Co.
|nationality = American
|spouse = {{plainlist|
- {{marriage|Fanny Kuhn|1852|1854}}
- {{marriage|Betty Gallenberg|1862}}
}}
|children = James Loeb
}}
Solomon Loeb (born Salomon Löb, June 29, 1828 – December 12, 1903) was a German-born American banker and businessman. He was a merchant in textiles and later a banker with Kuhn, Loeb & Co.
Biography
His father, a devout Jew, had been a small corn- and wine-dealer in Worms, which belonged to the Grand Duchy of Hesse and by Rhine. Solomon Loeb immigrated to the United States in 1849. He settled in Cincinnati with the textiles merchant Kuhn, Netter & Co. He moved to New York City in 1865 and with his partner, Abraham Kuhn, started the banking house of Kuhn, Loeb and Co. His second born son, James Loeb, joined the bank in 1888 (and left in 1901). Solomon Loeb gradually retired from running the business but left Kuhn, Loeb & Co. only in 1899. He then started to move into the real estate business. In addition, he was also a generous philanthropist.{{Citation needed|date=May 2023}}
Among his donations was the Hebrew Charities Building that formerly stood at Second Avenue and 21st Street in New York City.{{cite news |url=https://www.nytimes.com/1899/05/19/archives/hebrew-charities-building-the-gift-of-solomon-loeb-to-jewish.html |title=Hebrew Charities Building—The Gift of Solomon Loeb to Jewish Charity Dedicated—Mr. Rice Appeals for Endowment Fund |newspaper=New York Times |date=May 19, 1899 |page=12 |accessdate=March 3, 2019}}
Family
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- Solomon Loeb, married Fanny Kuhn, sister of Abraham Kuhn, and later Betty Gallenberg.
- Therese Loeb (1854–1933), married Jacob Schiff (1847–1920), banker
- {{Tree list/final branch}} Frieda Schiff (1876–1958), married Felix M. Warburg (1871–1937), banker.
- {{Tree list/final branch}} See Warburg family.
- Morris Loeb (1863–1912), chemist, married Edna Kuhn (1866–1951), the daughter of Samuel and Regina Wise Kuhn. Samuel Kuhn was a brother of Abraham Kuhn.
File:Gerald & Felix M. Warburg with Mrs. Maurice Loeb LCCN2014712352.jpg
- Guta Loeb (1865–1956), married Isaac Newton Seligman (1855–1917), banker
- {{Tree list/final branch}} Margaret Valentine Seligman, married to Sam A. Lewisohn (1884–1951), banker, son of Adolph Lewisohn (1849–1938)
- James Loeb (1867–1933), banker
- {{Tree list/final branch}} Nina Loeb (1870–1945), married Paul Warburg (1868–1932), banker.
- {{Tree list/final branch}} James Warburg (1896–1969), banker
- {{Tree list/final branch}} See Warburg family.
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References
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Further reading
- {{cite book |last=Birmingham |first=Stephen |title=Our Crowd: The Great Jewish Families of New York |year=1996 |publisher=Syracuse University Press |isbn=0815604114 }}
External links
- [http://www.raken.com/american_wealth/bankers_gilded_age/Kuhn-Loeb_1.asp Solomon Loeb's beginnings in Cincinnati]
- [http://www.cincinnatilibrary.org/main/loeb.html Loeb Collection was a gift to the Cincinnati Library]
- [https://web.archive.org/web/20070204023553/http://bartleby.com/65/lo/Loeb-Sol.html Loeb, Solomon from The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition. 2001–05]
- [http://www.loebtree.com/oloeb.html#jolo Loeb Family Tree]
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Category:American people of German-Jewish descent
Category:American businesspeople in real estate
Category:Businesspeople from New York City
Category:Hessian emigrants to the United States
Category:German philanthropists
Category:People from Rhenish Hesse
Category:People from Worms, Germany
Category:Philanthropists from New York (state)
Category:19th-century American philanthropists