Charles Hallgarten, or Charles/Karl Lazarus Hallgarten (18 November 1838,

Mainz Mainz () is the capital and largest city of Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany. Mainz is on the left bank of the Rhine, opposite to the place that the Main (river), Main joins the Rhine. Downstream of the confluence, the Rhine flows to the north-we ...

– 19 April 1908,

Frankfurt/Main Frankfurt, officially Frankfurt am Main (; Hessian: , " Frank ford on the Main"), is the most populous city in the German state of Hesse. Its 791,000 inhabitants as of 2022 make it the fifth-most populous city in Germany. Located on its ...

) was a German

banker A bank is a financial institution that accepts Deposit account, deposits from the public and creates a demand deposit while simultaneously making loans. Lending activities can be directly performed by the bank or indirectly through capital m ...

and

philanthropist Philanthropy is a form of altruism that consists of "private initiatives, for the Public good (economics), public good, focusing on quality of life". Philanthropy contrasts with business initiatives, which are private initiatives for private goo ...

. His father was Lazarus Hallgarten, founder of

Hallgarten & Company Hallgarten & Company was an investment bank based in New York City that was founded in 1850 by Lazarus Hallgarten, a native of Hesse. History Lazarus Hallgarten arrived in the United States in 1849. His initial activity was as a note and exchang ...

, and his mother was Eleonore Hallgarten (born Darmstädter, in

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* Descendants of Charles Hallgarten
Hallgarten hiess die Hoffnung
at www.dieneueepoche.com

at www.faz.net German bankers Jewish bankers German philanthropists 19th-century German Jews 1838 births 1908 deaths Burials at the Old Jewish Cemetery, Frankfurt 19th-century philanthropists People from Mainz {{Germany-business-bio-stub