Herman Adolph Flürscheim (August 1, 1851 – August 18, 1914) was a pioneer dry goods merchant and art collector. He was one of the first merchants to move to

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Biography

He was born in the

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on August 1, 1851. He came to the

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in 1875 or earlier. He had a brother,

Michael Flürscheim Michael Flürscheim (January 27, 1844, Frankfurt/Main – April 24, 1912) was a German economist and Georgist. He was born in Frankfurt to a wealthy family. He was prominent in the town of Gaggenau where in 1873 found a factory. He had 6 childre ...

. Herman worked for

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until 1901 when he partnered with

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in Franklin Simon & Co. Herman's children include: Harry D. Flurscheim; Estelle Flurscheim, who married Otto Loeb; Agnes E. Flurscheim, and Helen I. Flurscheim, who married Ansel Straus. He died in Manhattan, New York City on August 18, 1914, and his estate was worth over $1M (approximately $ today).

References

1851 births 1914 deaths Emigrants from the German Empire to the United States 19th-century American businesspeople {{Germany-business-bio-stub