Meyer Oppenheim
Meyer Oppenheim (December 28, 1905 – May 24, 1982)[1] was a financier and philanthropist in Edinburgh, Scotland. He was chairman of James Grant & Co and Argyle Securities.
The family lived in The White House in Barnton which was later owned by David Murray and then the writer J.K. Rowling.[2]
Oppenheim bought the Royal Lyceum Theatre in 1960. He planned to demolish the building but later transferred ownership to the city in 1964.[3] [4]
He established the Meyer Oppenheim Trust and the Water of Leith Walkway Trust. A plague on the walkway commemorates his contribution.[5]
He endowed the Royal Scottish Academy with an annual RSA Meyer Oppenheim Prize for work in any medium by an artist under the age of 35.[6]
He is buried in Piershill Cemetery, Scotland.[1]
References
[edit]- ^ a b "Scottish Jewish Cemeteries - Piershill Cemetery". scottishjewishcemeteries.org. Retrieved November 24, 2021.
- ^ "Edinburgh History–Craigmillar in the 1940s". www.edinphoto.org.uk. Retrieved November 21, 2021.
- ^ Fair, Alistair (November 1, 2016). "'An object lesson in how not to get things done': Edinburgh's Unbuilt 'Opera House', 1960–75". Architectural Heritage. 27 (1): 91–117. doi:10.3366/arch.2017.0084. hdl:20.500.11820/d1c7d68e-97d8-4406-a80e-c99ad29cbe9c. ISSN 1350-7524.
- ^ "Royal Lyceum Theatre Edinburgh". www.historictheatrephotos.com. Retrieved November 21, 2021.
- ^ "Geograph:: Memorials on a wall © Stephen Craven cc-by-sa/2.0". www.geograph.org.uk. Retrieved November 21, 2021.
- ^ "Exhibition Awards". RSA Annual Online. Retrieved November 21, 2021.