Sassoon (typeface)
Sassoon may refer to: * Sassoon (name) Other uses * Sassoon (typeface) * David Sassoon Library, in Mumbai, India * Sassoon Docks, in Mumbai, India * Sassoon Eskell (1860–1932), Iraqi statesman and financier * Sassoon Road Sir Ellice Victor Sassoon, 3rd Baronet, (20 December 1881 – 13 August 1961) was a businessman and hotelier from the wealthy Baghdadi Jewish Sassoon merchant and banking family. Biography Sir Ellice Victor Elias Sassoon was born 30 Decembe ...

Sassoon (name)
Sassoon as a name may refer to: Surname Sassoon family, a Jewish business family originating in Baghdad, Iraq, including: * David Sassoon (David Ben Sassoon) (1792–1864)Matthew H.C.G., editor, Dictionary of National Biography on CD-ROM (Oxford, U.K.: Oxford University Press, 1995) ** Sir Albert Abdullah David Sassoon (1818–1896), 1st Baronet of Kensington Gore, married Hannah Moses, daughter of Meyer Moses. *** Flora (Farha) Abraham (1856–1936), married Solomon David Sassoon (1841–1894) (see below) ** Sir Edward Sassoon (1856–1912), 2nd Baronet of Kensington Gore. *** Sir Philip Sassoon (1888–1939), 3rd Baronet of Kensington Gore *** Sybil Cholmondeley, Marchioness of Cholmondeley (1894–1989) ** Elias David Sassoon (1820–1880), businessman *** Jacob Elias Sassoon (1844–1916), first Baronet *** Sir Edward Elias Sassoon (1853–1924), 2nd Baronet of Bombay **** Sir Victor Sassoon (Ellice) (1881–1961), 3rd Baronet ** Sassoon David Sassoon (1832–1867), British ...
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Sassoon (typeface)
Sassoon may refer to: * Sassoon (name) Other uses * Sassoon (typeface) * David Sassoon Library, in Mumbai, India * Sassoon Docks, in Mumbai, India * Sassoon Eskell (1860–1932), Iraqi statesman and financier * Sassoon Road Sir Ellice Victor Sassoon, 3rd Baronet, (20 December 1881 – 13 August 1961) was a businessman and hotelier from the wealthy Baghdadi Jewish Sassoon merchant and banking family. Biography Sir Ellice Victor Elias Sassoon was born 30 Decembe ...

David Sassoon Library
The David Sassoon Library and Reading Room is a famous library and heritage structure in Mumbai, India. The idea for a library to be situated in the center of the city came from Albert Sassoon, son of the famous Baghdadi Jewish philanthropist, David Sassoon. The building was designed by architects J. Campbell and G. E. Gosling, for the Scott McClelland and Company, at a cost of Rs. 125,000. David Sassoon donated Rs. 60,000, while the rest of the cost was borne by the Government of Bombay Presidency. The library is located on Rampart Row, looking across the Kala Ghoda. The building, completed in 1870, is built using yellow Malad stone, much like the abutting Elphinstone College, Army and Navy Buildings and Watson's Hotel. Above the entrance portico is a white stone bust of David Sassoon. This marble bust was Thomas Woolner's working model for the statue of Sassoon standing at the front of the stairs of the David Sassoon Library. This standing marble statue, completed in ...
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Sassoon Docks
Sassoon Docks, built in 1875, is one of the oldest docks in Mumbai and was the first wet dock constructed in Bombay. It is one of the few docks in the city open to the public. It is situated in Mumbai harbor in South Mumbai area of Colaba. It is one of largest fish markets in the Mumbai city. Its neighboring features are Mumbai Port Trust Garden (Sagar Upvan Colaba) and Offices of Fisheries Department, and it overlooks Oyster Rock, an island in the Mumbai harbour, at a distance. History Built in 1875 on reclaimed land, it was owned by the mercantile company David Sassoon & Co. The company was headed by Albert Abdullah David Sassoon (1818–1896), son of David Sassoon, a Baghdadi Jew and the leader of the Jewish community in Bombay. The Sassoon Docks were the first commercial wet dock in western India and helped establish the cotton trade. In 1879, Sassoon Docks and other associated foreshore properties were purchased by the government on behalf of Bombay Port Trust. ...
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Sassoon Eskell
Sir Sassoon Eskell, Order of the British Empire, KBE (17 March 1860 – 31 August 1932) was an Iraqi statesman and financier. Also known as Sassoon Effendi (from Turkish Efendi, a title meaning Lord), he was regarded in Iraq as the Father of Parliament. Sir Sassoon (Arabic: ساسون حسقيل or ساسون حزقيال) was the first Ministry of Finance (Iraq), Minister of Finance in the Kingdom and a permanent Member of Parliament until his death. Along with Gertrude Bell and T. E. Lawrence, he was instrumental in the creation and the establishment of the Kingdom of Iraq post Ottoman Empire, Ottoman rule, and he founded the nascent Iraqi government’s laws and financial structure. He was knighted by George V of the United Kingdom, King George V in 1923. King Faisal I conferred on him the Civil Rafidain Medal Grade II, the Shahinshah awarded him the Order of the Lion and the Sun, Shir-o-khorshi medal and the Ottoman Empire decorated him with the Al-Moutamayez Medal. Early ...
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