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| birth_date = 1832 | | birth_date = 1832 | ||
| birth_place = [[Mumbai]], [[ | | birth_place = [[Mumbai|Bombay]], [[Company rule in India|India]] | ||
| death_date = 1867 | | death_date = 1867 | ||
| death_place = [[Langham Hotel, London]], UK | | death_place = [[Langham Hotel, London]], UK | ||
| resting_place = [[Jewish cemeteries in London|Jewish Cemetery, Mile End]] | | resting_place = [[Jewish cemeteries in London|Jewish Cemetery, Mile End]] | ||
| resting_place_coordinates = | | resting_place_coordinates = | ||
| nationality = British, Indian | |||
| nationality = British | |||
| other_names = | | other_names = | ||
| known_for = | | known_for = | ||
| education = | | education = | ||
| employer = | | employer = | ||
| occupation = Businessman | | occupation = Businessman, banker, philanthropist | ||
| title = | | title = | ||
| networth = | | networth = | ||
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| children = | | children = | ||
| parents = [[David Sassoon (treasurer)|David Sassoon]]<br/>Farha Hayim or Hyeem | | parents = [[David Sassoon (treasurer)|David Sassoon]]<br/>Farha Hayim or Hyeem | ||
| relatives = | | relatives = [[Sassoon family]] | ||
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'''Sassoon David Sassoon''' (August 1832 – 24 June 1867) was a British businessman, banker and philanthropist. | '''Sassoon David Sassoon''' (August 1832 – 24 June 1867) was a [[British Indians|British Indian]] businessman, banker, and philanthropist. | ||
==Biography== | ==Biography== | ||
===Early life=== | ===Early life=== | ||
Sassoon was born in August 1832 in [[Bombay]], India.<ref name="palgrave">William D. Rubinstein, ''The Palgrave Dictionary of Anglo-Jewish History'', Palgrave Macmillan, 2011, p. 865 [https://books.google.com/books?id=_T_HCg17ufIC&pg=PA864]</ref><ref name="jewishencyclopedia">[http://www.jewishencyclopedia.com/articles/13218-sassoon Jewish Encyclopedia]</ref> He was a member of the [[Sassoon family]]. His father was [[David Sassoon (treasurer)|David Sassoon]] (1792–1864), a leading trader of [[cotton]] and [[opium]] who served as the treasurer of Baghdad between 1817 and 1829, and his mother was Farha Hayim of [[Baghdad]].<ref name="palgrave"/> He suffered from poor health from infancy but travelled widely.<ref>Gentleman's Magazine, London, Obituary: 24 June 1867</ref> | |||
He was educated in biblical and [[Talmudic]] lore in Baghdad.<ref name="jewishencyclopedia"/> He also spoke several [[Oriental languages]] with great fluency.<ref name="jewishencyclopedia"/> | He was educated in biblical and [[Talmudic]] lore in Baghdad.<ref name="jewishencyclopedia"/> He also spoke several [[Oriental languages]] with great fluency.<ref name="jewishencyclopedia"/> | ||
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==Further reading== | ==Further reading== | ||
*{{cite DNB |wstitle=Sassoon, Albert Abdullah David |volume=50 |first=Edward Irving |last=Carlyle}} | *{{cite DNB |wstitle=Sassoon, Albert Abdullah David |volume=50 |first=Edward Irving |last=Carlyle}} | ||
*{{Cite book |last1=Sassoon |first1=Joseph |title=The Global Merchants: The Enterprise and Extravagance of the Sassoon Dynasty |date=2022 |publisher=Allen Lane |isbn=978-0-241-38864-8}} | |||
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