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Fould
The Fould family is a family of French Jewish descent known for success in banking. It was founded by Beer Léon Fould, a wine-dealer's son from Lorraine, who moved to Paris in 1784 to establish a banking business. The name comes from the Hessian city of Fulda. Family tree *Jacob Fould (1736–1830), wine dealer ** Beer Léon Fould (1767–1855), banker, married to Charlotte Brulhen (1766–1818) *** Rose Fould Furtado (1791-1870), married to Élie Furtado, the son of the rabbi of Bayonne and the nephew of Abraham Furtado **** Cécile Charlotte Furtado-Heine (1821-1896), philanthropist and wife of Frankfurt banker Charles Heine *** Benoît Fould (1792–1858), banker and art collector, married to Helena Oppenheim, daughter of Salomon Oppenheim (1772–1828), banker *** Louis Fould (1794–1858), banker, married to Adèle Brull (1809–1839) **** Édouard Fould (1834–1881), politician, mayor of Lurcy-Lévis *** Achille Fould (1800–1867), banker and French minister ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Achille Fould
Achille Fould (17 November 18005 October 1867) was a French financier and politician. Early life Achille Fould was born on 17 November 1800 in Paris. His father, Beer Léon Fould, was a Ashkenazi Jew, Jewish banker. Career Fould began his career as a banker for the family bank. As early as 1842 he entered political life, having been elected in that year as a deputy for the department of the Hautes-Pyrénées. From that time to his death he actively busied himself with the affairs of his country. He readily acquiesced in the Revolution of 1848, revolution of February 1848, and is said to have exercised a decided influence in financial matters on the provisional government then formed. He shortly afterwards published two pamphlets against the use of paper money, entitled, ''Pas d'Assignats I'' and ''Observations sur la question financière''. During the presidency of Louis Napoleon he was four times minister of finance, and took a leading part in the economic reforms then made in ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Georges Achille-Fould
Georges Achille-Fould or George-Achille Fould-Stirbey (24 August 1868 – 24 August 1951) was a French painter. Achille-Fould was born in Asnières-sur-Seine as the daughter of the actress Josephine Wilhelmine Valérie Simonin, better known under her pseudonym Gustave Haller, and politician Gustave-Eugène Fould (one of the Fould family bankers). She was adopted along with her sister, the painter Consuelo Fould, by the Prince Stirbey. Her painting ''Courtship'' was included in the 1905 book ''Women Painters of the World''. Her work was also part of the painting event in the art competition at the 1924 Summer Olympics. Achille-Fould died in Brussels. File:Rosa Bonheur dans son atelier par Fould.jpg, ''Rosa Bonheur in her atelier'', 1893 File:Georges Achille-Fould - Courtship.jpg, ''Courtship'' (b&w photo of painting, 1905) References Georges Achille-Fouldon artnet Artnet.com is an art market website. It is operated by Artnet Worldwide Corporation, which has headquart ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Consuelo Fould
Consuelo Fould (22 November 1862 – 1927) was a French painter. Fould was born in Cologne as the daughter of the actress Josephine Wilhelmine Valérie Simonin, better known under her pseudonym Gustave Haller, and politician Gustave-Eugène Fould, of the Fould family of bankers. She was adopted along with her sister, the painter Georges Achille Fould, by the Prince Stirbey. She was a pupil of Antoine Vollon and Léon Comerre and exhibited at the Paris Salon. Consuelo Fould married the Marquis de Grasse. She was the founder of the Museum Roybet Fould in Courbevoie. She died in Paris. Her painting ''Will You Buy?'' was included in the 1905 book ''Women Painters of the World''.Women painters of the world, from the time of Caterina Vigri, 1413-1463, to Rosa Bonheur and the present day', by Walter Shaw Sparrow, The Art and Life Library, Hodder & Stoughton, 27 Paternoster Row, London, 1905 References * Consuelo Fouldon artnet Artnet.com is an art market website. It is opera ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Helena Bonham Carter (Berlin Film Festival 2011) 3 Cropped
Helena Bonham Carter (born 26 May 1966) is an English actress. Known for her roles in blockbusters and independent films, particularly period dramas, she has received various awards and nominations, including a British Academy Film Award and an International Emmy Award, in addition to nominations for two Academy Awards, four British Academy Television Awards, five Primetime Emmy Awards, and nine Golden Globe Awards. Bonham Carter rose to prominence by playing Lucy Honeychurch in ''A Room with a View'' (1985) and the title character in '' Lady Jane'' (1986). Her early period roles saw her typecast as a virginal " English rose", a label with which she was uncomfortable. She is best known for her eccentric fashion and dark aesthetic and for often playing quirky women. For her role as Kate Croy in ''The Wings of the Dove'' (1997), Bonham Carter received a nomination for the Academy Award for Best Actress, and for her portrayal of Queen Elizabeth The Queen Mother in ''The Ki ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Beer Léon Fould
Beer Léon Fould (5 March 1767 – 14 May 1855) was a French-Jewish banker, and the founder of the Fould banking dynasty. Born in Boulay-Moselle as the son of Jacob Bernard Fould, a small-time wine dealer, he began working for Herz Cerfbeer of Medelsheim, being sent to Paris in 1784. He started his own banking business in the 1790s, and became particular influential during the Second French Empire. His son Achille Fould would later serve as French Finance minister under Napoleon III Napoleon III (Charles Louis Napoléon Bonaparte; 20 April 18089 January 1873) was the first President of France (as Louis-Napoléon Bonaparte) from 1848 to 1852 and the last monarch of France as Emperor of the French from 1852 to 1870. A nephew .... References 1767 births 1855 deaths People from Boulay-Moselle 18th-century French Jews French bankers Burials at Père Lachaise Cemetery Fould family {{France-business-bio-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Benoît Fould
Benoît (Bénédict) Fould (21 November 1792 – 28 July 1858) was a French banker and scion of the Fould family. Fould was married to Helena Oppenheim, daughter of Salomon Oppenheim, founder of Sal. Oppenheim private bank. The bride's dowry made part of the initial capital of the new bank, Fould-Oppenheim et Cie. Ferdinand de Lesseps would name Fould as a founder of the Suez Canal Company Suez ( ar, السويس '; ) is a seaport city (population of about 750,000 ) in north-eastern Egypt, located on the north coast of the Gulf of Suez (a branch of the Red Sea), near the southern terminus of the Suez Canal, having the same boun .... References * 1792 births 1858 deaths French bankers 18th-century French Jews Burials at Père Lachaise Cemetery Fould family {{France-business-bio-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Cécile Furtado-Heine
Cécile Furtado-Heine, born Cécile Charlotte Furtado, was a French philanthropist. She was born in Paris on March 6, 1821 and died on December 10, 1896. Biography Cécile Furtado was born in Paris on March 6, 1821 to a Jewish family of Sephardic (Spanish-Portuguese) ancestry. Cecile's father Élie Furtado was the son of Joseph Furtado, the rabbi of Bayonne, and the nephew of Abraham Furtado, a banker in Paris and representative of the constituency of Bayonne in the central consistory in Paris. Abraham Furtado would also serve as secretary of Napoleon Bonaparte's "Grand Sanhedrin", a Jewish high court convened in Europe. Cecile's mother Rose Fould was the daughter of Beer Léon Fould, the bank manager and mayor of Rocquencourt, near Versailles. Her maternal uncle, Achille Fould, would be the French Finance minister under Napoleon III. Cécile was married on October 2, 1838 in Rocquencourt to the rich Frankfurt banker Charles Heine (1810 Hamburg - 1865 Luchon), the son of ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Adolphe-Ernest Fould
Adolphe-Ernest Fould (17 July 1824 – 13 February 1875) was a French banker and politician. He played a key role in the foundation of Banque de Paris (now part of BNP Paribas) and the Ottoman Bank. He was the son of Achille Fould, who served as French minister of finance during the Presidency of Napoleon III. See also *Fould family The Fould family is a family of French Jewish descent known for success in banking. It was founded by Beer Léon Fould, a wine-dealer's son from Lorraine, who moved to Paris in 1784 to establish a banking business. The name comes from the Hes ... References 1824 births 1875 deaths French bankers 19th-century French businesspeople Fould family {{France-business-bio-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Valérie Simonin
Wilhelmine-Joséphine Simonin, known as Valérie Simonin, Lady Gustave Fould and Gustave Haller (19 December 1831, Paris – 25 June 1919, Pontaillac) was a French actress and author. Life Wilhelmine-Joséphine Simonin was born on 19 December 1831 in Paris. In 1850, she entered the Paris Conservatory The Conservatoire de Paris (), also known as the Paris Conservatory, is a college of music and dance founded in 1795. Officially known as the Conservatoire National Supérieur de Musique et de Danse de Paris (CNSMDP), it is situated in the avenue ..., and in 1852, she won the first prize for the comedy and immediately debuted at the Odeon theater. From 1853 to 1859, Simonin was a board member of the French Comedy ( Comédie française). In 1859, she quit theater and went to London to live with her mother and restore old books as she learned from her father. Simonin married Gustave Eugene Fould with whom she had two daughters, Consuello and Achille-Valéri. Returning to Fra ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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 Crimean war, Günzburg established a banking firm at St. Petersburg. There he began to labor on behalf of the welfare of the Jewish community. In November 1861, he was appointed by the Russian government member of the rabbinical commission, the meetings of which lasted five months. He exerted himself to raise the standard of the education of the Jews, and to this effect he founded in 1863 with the permission of the Russian government the Society for the Promotion of Culture Among the Jews, of which he filled the office of president till his death. Owing to Günzburg's efforts, the regulations concerning the militar ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Eugène Péreire
Eugene is a common male given name that comes from the Greek εὐγενής (''eugenēs''), "noble", literally "well-born", from εὖ (''eu''), "well" and γένος (''genos''), "race, stock, kin". Henry George Liddell, Robert Scott, ''A Greek-English Lexicon'', on Perseus Gene is a common shortened form. The feminine variant is or Eugenie. , a common given name in parts of central and northern Europe, is also a variant of Eugene / Eugine. Other male foreign-language varia ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
