Portrait of Simon Guggenheim

People/magnate, politician

Simon Guggenheim

Simon Guggenheim (1867–1941), magnate, politician, from United States. Linked to silver.

The lucky break

Entered the family smelting business in Colorado in 1889 and was nominated for lieutenant governor in 1894 and for governor in 1898.1,2,3,4

Legacy

Served as a US senator from Colorado from 1907 to 1913. In 1925 he set up the John Simon Guggenheim Foundation, which has funded thousands of scholars, scientists and artists.1,2,3,4

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People

FamilyDaniel GuggenheimSimon entered the family smelting business in 1889. Daniel led its negotiations.1FamilyMeyer GuggenheimSon of the man whose smelters made the family the world's silver-smelting leader.1

Sources

  1. Guggenheim, Meyer Jewish Encyclopedia (1901-1906)
  2. Guggenheim family Encyclopedia.com (reprinting a publisher's reference work)
  3. Wikidata item Q724113
  4. File pages and licence metadata for portraits (via the Commons imageinfo/extmetadata API) Wikimedia Commons

Pictures on this page: Simon Guggenheim cph.3a02257.jpg, Unknown author (Public domain); Daniel Guggenheim.jpg, Bain News Service, New York. (Public domain); Meyer Guggenheim.jpg, not recorded on the file page (Public domain).

From the Prospector Trails mining history dataset: each fact links to the source it was checked against. Figures are as the source gives them, in the money of their day. Not investment advice.

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