Ransohoff
The Ransohoff family (Russian: Рансонов, Ransonov) is an Aristocratic German Jewish family originally from Westphalia. In Germany, members of the family occupied key positions in the Frankfurt Parliament, became venerated doctors and academics, with some members of the family even receiving knighthoods.[1] The family progenitor Levi Leib Abraham Ransohoff (1761 - 1845), was a wealthy Westphalian merchant. In the beginning of the 20th-century the family immigrated to the United States and Russia. The American branch settled in Cincinnati, and family members such as Joseph Ransohoff, Daniel J. Ransohoff, and Martin Ransohoff rose to great prominence in medicine and the arts. In Russian, the family adopted the surname Ransonov and settled in Moscow and Smolensk, where they amassed great wealth in the banking industry.[2][3]
See also
- 25469 Ransohoff, a planet named for the family.
- Ben Casey, an American medical drama series partially inspired by the life of Joseph Ransohoff.
References
- ^ "EIR Volume 26, Number 40, October 8, 1999". larouchepub.com. Retrieved 2020-07-24.
- ^ "Robert C. and Jean Westheimer Rothenberg Family Papers". collections.americanjewisharchives.org. Retrieved 2020-07-24.
- ^ "A Finding Aid to the Malcolm H. Stern Papers. 1882-1994". collections.americanjewisharchives.org. Retrieved 2020-07-24.