Adolph Salomonsohn
Adolph Salomonsohn | |
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Born | |
Died | 4 January 1919 Berlin, Germany | (aged 87)
Nationality | German |
Occupation(s) | lawyer, banker |
Children | Georg Solmssen, 3 daughters |
Relatives | Arthur Salomonsohn (nephew) |
Adolph Salomonsohn (19 March 1831 – 4 January 1919) was a German lawyer and banker. He was a proprietor of the Disconto-Gesellschaft and influenced the establishment of the stock market in Germany.
Biography
Salomonsohn was born in Inowrazlaw, Prussian Province of Posen (now Inowrocław, Poland) to Gedalia Salomonsen (1799–1837), a merchant born in Copenhagen, and Ernestine (née Levy, 1801–67), a native of Inowrazlaw. His grandfather, Salomon Abraham Gedalia (1776–1844), was a rabbi in Copenhagen.[1][2]
Salomonson attended school in
In 1868 he married Sara Rinkel (1851–1929) from
Next to Adolph von Hansemann Salomonsohn was influential in the nascent stock market activities in German banking. He was especially active in the funding of the Gotthard railway and remained a member of the administrative board of the Gotthard railway society until 1909. Salomonsohn was also a member of the administrative board of the Norddeutsche Bank, the "Union AG für Bergbau" (Dortmund), the potash works Aschersleben and the "Gelsenkirchener Bergwerks-AG", whose director Emil Kirdorf was a close friend.[1]
Salomonsohn retired from the active management of the Disconto-Gesellschaft in 1888 but remained a member of the supervisory board until his death on 4 January 1919 in Berlin.[1]
References
- ^ a b c d e biography in Deutsche Biographie (in German)
- ^ bankgeschichte.de Archived 2012-09-15 at the Wayback Machine (in German)
- ISBN 9783406627965. Retrieved 13 March 2019.