John Julius Angerstein (c. 1732–1823) by Sir Thomas Lawrence, c. 1790–95 © The National Gallery, London
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Angerstein, John Julius (1735–1823), insurance broker and connoisseur of art, was born in St Petersburg, Russia, in 1735. His precise origins are obscure. According to family tradition he took his surname from the German doctor who delivered him, and his parents were the ...
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Sir Otto John Beit, first baronet (1865–1930) by H. Walter Barnett © National Portrait Gallery, London
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Beit, Sir Otto John, first baronet (1865–1930), financier, philanthropist, and art connoisseur, was born on 7 December 1865 in Hamburg, Germany, twelve years after his brother Alfred Beit. He was the third son of Siegfried Beit (1818–1881), silk merchant, and his wife, Laura Caroline Hahn (...
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Anne Pimlott Baker
Dangoor, Sir Naim Eliahou (1914–2015), businessman and philanthropist, was born on 17 April 1914 in Baghdad, then part of the Ottoman Empire, the second in the family of six children of Eliahou Dangoor (1883–1976), printer and publisher, and his wife, Khatoun, ...
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S. W. Massil
Franks, Naphtali (1715–1796), merchant, was born in New York on 1 July 1715, the son of Jacob Franks (1688–1768), merchant, and his wife, (Bilhah) Abigaill, née Levy (1696–1756). His father was a son of Sara Phila Bloch (1662–1695) and the founder of the ...
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Richard Roberts
Grierson, Sir Ronald Hugh (1921–2014), merchant banker, public servant, and patron of the arts, was born Rolf Hans Griessman on 6 August 1921 in Nuremberg, Bavaria, the son of Ernst Jakob Griessman (1889/90–1954), paper manufacturer, and his wife, Gerda (...
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Harari, Ralph Andrew (1893–1969), merchant banker and art scholar and collector, was born on 28 October 1893 in Cairo, the third child and elder son of Sir Victor Harari Pasha, civil servant, financier, and leading member of Egypt's Anglo-Jewish community, and his wife, ...
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Olins, Wallace [Wally] (1930–2014), corporate identity and branding consultant, was born on 19 December 1930 at 49 Moresby Road, Upper Clapton, London, the younger son of Alfred Olins (1896–1970) and his wife, Rachel, née Muscovitch (1897–1961). His father established ...
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Pugh, Derek Salman (1930–2015), organizational psychologist and management scholar, was born on 31 August 1930 at 102 Gladesmore Road, Tottenham, London, the son of Max Pugh (1887–1963), fruiterer’s book-keeper, later synagogue collector, and his wife, Fay, née Goldstein (1897–1985). His parents placed a high value on education. Between ...
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John Eatwell
Singh, Ajit (1940–2015), economist, was born on 11 September 1940 in Lahore, in pre-partition India, the son of Gurbachan Singh, judge, and his wife Pushpa Bawa. His early education was at Punjab University, Chandigarh, where he studied Sanskrit, mathematics, and economics. In 1959...
