James Loeb
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James Loeb was a Jewish-German-American banker and philanthropist
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He was the second born son of Solomon Loeb
and Betty Loeb.
James Loeb joined his father at Kuhn, Loeb & Co.
in 1888 and was made partner in 1894, but he retired from the bank in 1901 due to severe illnesses.
In memory of his former lecturer and friend Charles Eliot Norton
, in 1907 Loeb created The Charles Eliot Norton Memorial Lectureship. In 1911 he founded and endowed the Loeb Classical Library
, and founded the Institute of Musical Art, which later became part of the Juilliard School of Music.
A large portion of his significant art collection he left to the Museum Antiker Kleinkunst" in Munich (today the Staatliche Antikensammlungen) ("Sammlung James Loeb").
Philanthropist
A philanthropist is someone who engages in philanthropy; that is, someone who donates his or her time, money, and/or reputation to charitable causes...
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He was the second born son of Solomon Loeb
Solomon Loeb
Solomon Loeb was a German American merchant in textiles and later a banker with Kuhn, Loeb & Co.. 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. S. Loeb emigrated to the United States in 1849. He settled in...
and Betty Loeb.
James Loeb joined his father at Kuhn, Loeb & Co.
Kuhn, Loeb & Co.
Kuhn, Loeb & Co. was a bulge bracket, investment bank founded in 1867 by Abraham Kuhn and Solomon Loeb. Under the leadership of Jacob H. Schiff, it grew to be one of the most influential investment banks in the late 19th and early 20th centuries, financing America's expanding railways and growth...
in 1888 and was made partner in 1894, but he retired from the bank in 1901 due to severe illnesses.
In memory of his former lecturer and friend Charles Eliot Norton
Charles Eliot Norton
Charles Eliot Norton, was a leading American author, social critic, and professor of art. He was a militant idealist, a progressive social reformer, and a liberal activist whom many of his contemporaries considered the most cultivated man in the United States.-Biography:Norton was born at...
, in 1907 Loeb created The Charles Eliot Norton Memorial Lectureship. In 1911 he founded and endowed the Loeb Classical Library
Loeb Classical Library
The Loeb Classical Library is a series of books, today published by Harvard University Press, which presents important works of ancient Greek and Latin Literature in a way designed to make the text accessible to the broadest possible audience, by presenting the original Greek or Latin text on each...
, and founded the Institute of Musical Art, which later became part of the Juilliard School of Music.
A large portion of his significant art collection he left to the Museum Antiker Kleinkunst" in Munich (today the Staatliche Antikensammlungen) ("Sammlung James Loeb").
Further reading
- James Loeb, 1887-1933: Kunstsammler und Mäzen, by Brigitte Salmen (ed.) for the Schloßmuseum des Marktes Murnau, Murnau, 2000
External links
- Biography from the Loeb Classical Library
- Loeb Family Tree
- James Loeb