Louis-Raphaël Bischoffsheim

Louis-Raphaël Bischoffsheim
Born 22 June 1800
Mayence, France
Died 14 November 1873 (aged 73)
Paris
Nationality German
Occupation Banker, politician

Louis-Raphaël Bischoffsheim (22 June 1800 – 14 November 1873) was a German banker, from the Bischoffsheim family.[1]

He married Amalie Goldschmidt (1804–1887), daughter of Hayum-Salomon Goldschmidt, and founded Bischoffsheim, Goldschmidt & Cie in Antwerp.[2] It would eventually merge to Banque de Crédit et de Dépôt des Pays-Bas in 1863.

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References

  1. Mosse, W. E. (1989). The German-Jewish Economic Élite, 1820–1935 : A Socio-Cultural Profile. New York: Oxford University Press. ISBN 0198229909.
  2. Kasper-Holtkotte, Cilli (2003). "Die Bischoffheims". Im Westen Neues: Migration und ihre Folgen : deutsche Juden als Pioniere jüdischen Lebens in Belgien, 18./19. Jahrhundert. Brill. pp. 181–186. ISBN 9004131094.