Joseph Günzburg
Joseph Günzburg (Osip Gavrilovich Gintsburg, Осип Гаврилович Гинцбург (or Iosif-Evzel, Иосиф-Евзель); 1812 in Vitebsk – 12 January 1878 in Paris) was a Russian financier and philanthropist who became a baron in 1874. He was the son of Gabriel Günzburg and the father of Horace Günzburg.
Having acquired great wealth during the
Vilna, his father's native town. The Günzburgs were ennobled by the Grand Duke of Hesse-Darmstadt in 1871, and Joseph received the title of baron
on 2 August 1874.
Bibliography
- Fuenn, Keneset Yisrael, p. 460;
- Archives Israélites, 1878, p. 89
This article incorporates text from a publication now in the public domain: Singer, Isidore; et al., eds. (1901–1906). "Günzburg, Joseph Yozel ben Gabriel Jacob". The Jewish Encyclopedia. New York: Funk & Wagnalls.
External links
- "Joseph, Baron Günzburg". Encyclopædia Britannica. 20 July 1998.
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