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Maurice de Hirsch

1831 to 1896 6 documented presences 6 places

Quo Fuit places 6 dated presences for Maurice de Hirsch across 6 places, from 1831 to 1896. Each one keeps the sentence it was taken from and a link to its source.

Moritz Freiherr von Hirsch auf Gereuth (9 December 1831 – 21 April 1896), commonly known as Maurice de Hirsch, was a German Jewish financier and philanthropist who set up charitable foundations to promote Jewish education and improve the lot of oppressed European Jewry.Wikipedia, full article · CC BY-SA
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Where Maurice de Hirsch was documented, and when

9 December 1831exact date
Munichattested “Hirsch was born on 9 December 1831 in Munich, Bavaria.” source: Wikipedia: Maurice de Hirsch
1881year
United Statesattested “Besides this great organization, Hirsch founded in 1881 a benevolent trust in the United States for the benefit of Jewish immigrants, which he endowed with £493,000.” source: Wikipedia: Maurice de Hirsch
1896year
Argentinaattested “The association, which was prohibited from working for profit, founded large agricultural colonies in Argentina and North America; after Hirsch's death in 1896, colonies were also founded in Palestine.” source: Wikipedia: Maurice de Hirsch
1896year
Palestine (region)attested “The association, which was prohibited from working for profit, founded large agricultural colonies in Argentina and North America; after Hirsch's death in 1896, colonies were also founded in Palestine.” source: Wikipedia: Maurice de Hirsch
21 April 1896exact date
Hurbanovoattested “Hirsch died at Ógyalla in Hungary (now Hurbanovo, part of Slovakia) on 21 April 1896.” source: Wikipedia: Maurice de Hirsch
21 April 1896exact date
Hungaryattested “Hirsch died at Ógyalla in Hungary (now Hurbanovo, part of Slovakia) on 21 April 1896.” source: Wikipedia: Maurice de Hirsch

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Places Maurice de Hirsch is documented in

Argentina1 presence · 1896Hungary1 presence · 1896Munich1 presence · 1831Palestine (region)1 presence · 1896United States1 presence · 1881
Hurbanovo1 presence · 1896

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In each of these, a source puts Maurice de Hirsch and the place in the same dated sentence without stating that Maurice de Hirsch was there. They are kept apart from the timeline above for exactly that reason: a mention is not a presence, and Quo Fuit does not quietly promote one into the other.

1869year
Turkeymentioned “In 1869 he bought the concession for railroad building in Turkey from the bankrupt "International Land Credit Company".” source: Wikipedia: Maurice de Hirsch
1890year
Londonmentioned “In 1890 Hirsch bought Bath House, Piccadilly in London.” source: Wikipedia: Maurice de Hirsch
1891year
New York Citymentioned “In 1891, Hirsch established the Baron de Hirsch Fund in New York City to help Russian Jews immigrate to the USA.” source: Wikipedia: Maurice de Hirsch

Documented at the same place, the same year

George WestinghouseUnited States · 1881Karl Christian Friedrich KrauseMunich · 1831

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