James Loeb
| James Loeb | |
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| Born | August 6, 1867 Hamburg,[1] Germany |
| Died | May 27, 1933 (aged 65) Munich, Germany |
| Nationality | German American |
| Occupation | Banker |
James Loeb (August 6, 1867 – May 27, 1933) was a German-born American banker, Hellenist and philanthropist.
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Biography [edit]
James Loeb was the second born son of Solomon Loeb and Betty Loeb.[2] He joined his father at Kuhn, Loeb & Co. in 1888 and was made partner in 1894, but he retired from the bank in 1901 due to severe illnesses.
In memory of his former lecturer and friend Charles Eliot Norton, in 1907 Loeb created The Charles Eliot Norton Memorial Lectureship.[3] In 1911 he founded and endowed the Loeb Classical Library, and founded the Institute of Musical Art, which later became part of the Juilliard School of Music. That year he also turned over his collection of Aretine pottery to the Fogg Art Museum at Harvard.[4]
A large portion of his significant art collection he left to the Museum Antiker Kleinkunst in Munich (today the Staatliche Antikensammlungen) ("Sammlung James Loeb"). He was a member of the English Society for the Promotion of Hellenic Studies.[4]
Translations [edit]
- Paul Delcharme, Euripides and the Spirit of His Dreams
- Maurice Croiset, Aristophanes and the Political Parties at Athens
Further reading [edit]
- James Loeb, 1887–1933: Kunstsammler und Mäzen, by Brigitte Salmen (ed.) for the Schloßmuseum des Marktes Murnau, Murnau, 2000 [5]
References [edit]
- ^ "James Loeb Ellis Island Passenger Manifest". Ellis Island Foundation, Inc. Retrieved 7/18/2012.
- ^ Born Betty Gallenberg. Salomon Loeb met and married her in Mannheim, Grand Duchy of Baden, Germany in 1862. She was then 28 years old, educated as a musician, she also taught the piano. The James Loeb biography from the Loeb Classical Library calls her Betty (Goldman) Loeb.
- ^ The Charles Eliot Norton Memorial Lectureship, Archaeological Institute of America
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"Loeb, James". Encyclopedia Americana. 1920. - ^ This is a German-language exhibition-catalogue for a presentation of the life of James Loeb, collector and philanthropist at the Schloßmuseum Murnau, April 7 – July 9, 2000. The book contains essays from various authors (Brigitte Salmen, Dorothea McEwan, Erika Simon and others). It also contains a German translation of James Loeb's biographical essay Our Father: A Memorial [privately printed, 1929]; James Loeb: Unser Vater: Eine Denkschrift für Salomon Loeb, p. 9-16.
External links [edit]
- Biography from the Loeb Classical Library
- Loeb Family Tree
- James Loeb
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