Jacob Henry Schiff: A Biogtraphical Sketch

Lib Stamp FLEP, glue residue from pocket inside back board, else content appears as unread and unblemished in royal blue cloth covered boards displaying no significant surface/edge wear as shown.. Jacob Henry Schiff (born Jakob Heinrich Schiff; (January 10, 1847 - September 25, 1920) was an American banker, businessman, and philanthropist. He helped finance, among many other things, the Japanese military efforts against Tsarist Russia in the Russo-Japanese War. Born in Frankfurt, Germany, Schiff migrated to the United States after the American civil war, and joined the firm Kuhn, Loeb & Co. From his base on Wall Street, he was the foremost Jewish leader from 1880 to 1920, grappling with all major Jewish issues and problems of the day, including the plight of Russian Jews under the Tsar, American and international anti-Semitism, care of needy Jewish immigrants, and the rise of Zionism. He was director of many important corporations. His parents were Moses and Clara (née Niederhofheim) Schiff, members of a distinguished Ashkenazi Jewish rabbinical family. His father was a broker for the Rothschilds. Schiff was educated in the schools of Frankfurt and was first employed in the banking and brokerage business as an apprentice in 1861. After the American Civil War had ended in April, 1865, Schiff came to the United States, was licensed as a broker and joined the firm of Budge, Schiff & Company. Upon the dissolution of Budge, Schiff & Company in 1872, Schiff returned to Germany, became manager of the Hamburg branch of the London & Hanseatic Bank, returned to Frankfurt upon the ...

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