Guido Elbogen (1845–1918) was an Austrian banker and mathematician who became President of the

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Early life

He was born into a Jewish family on 27 December 1845 in Jungbunzlau (now Mladá Boleslav) in

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. Jungbunzlau, which was then in the Austrian Empire, is now Mladá Boleslav in the Czech Republic. Of the children of

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Isak Elbogen (1812–1883) and his wife Friederike (''née'' Pokorny; 1825–1906) he was the only one to survive beyond infancy.

Career

After studying at the Academy of Commerce in Prague, Elbogen entered the banking business at the Ladenburg Bank in London, before moving to Paris where he joined Oppenheim, Alberti and Co, working to Antoine Schwabacher whose daughter Rosalie he married in 1868. In 1874 a lampooning cartoon of him appeared on the front cover of an issue of the French satirical newspaper '' Comic-Finance'', which also included a biographical piece by the newspaper's editor Ernest Schrameck, writing under the

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"Sergines". Elbogen made at least 15 business trips to Spain, representing the interests of French banks, including the Bank of Paris, successfully negotiating with the Spanish authorities for the repayment of outstanding bank loans. In 1877 Elbogen and his family moved from Paris to Vienna, where he took up the post of President of the

. In 1865, Elbogen submitted a proposal for a lottery savings bank, an idea that was taken up in Italy in 1880 and debated in the Italian Parliament, but was not approved.

Publications

* ''Lotto oder Sparcassen'' (1880), H Engel. * (with Alie Elbogen) ''Der Großeltern Vermächtnis'' (1904), Engel und Sohn.

Personal life

In 1868, in Paris, he married Rosalie (Alie) (''née'' Schwabacher; 1850, Paris 1940, Sartrouville, Île-de-France), daughter of banker Antoine Schwabacher and his wife Helene, ''née'' Hendle. Elbogen and his family moved to Vienna when he joined the Anglo-Austrian Bank; he also bought a country estate, Schloss Thalheim, in Lower Austria.Schloss Thalheim is in the village of Thalheim (Kapelln), today a part of

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/ref> They had three daughters and a son: * Antoinette (1871–1901), who married Wilhelm von Adler; they and their family settled in Paris, taking the surname d'Adler *

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(also known as Henri, 1872–1927), who took up

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and represented Austria at the 1912 Summer Olympics * Helene (1878–1882), who died in infancy *

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(1882–1957) who married Friedrich Weleminsky; they had four children together. She inherited Schloss Thalheim from her father and was a poet, translator and Esperantist.

Death and legacy

Elbogen died on 10 December 1918 at Schloss Thalheim, aged 72. He is buried at Vienna Central Cemetery.

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References

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