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Guggenheim, Daniel

Name :             Guggenheim, Daniel
Birth :               (1856-1930)
Nationallity :   American
Occupation :   industrialist

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Guggenheim, Daniel (1856-1930), American industrialist and philanthropist, son of Meyer Guggenheim, born in Philadelphia, and educated in Europe. As a member of the firm of Guggenheim Brothers he became a leading figure in the copper industry of the United States and extended the activities of the firm to include gold mines in Alaska, rubber plantations in Africa, tin mines in Bolivia, and nitrate deposits in Chile. He negotiated the merger of Guggenheim Brothers with the American Smelting and Refining Company and was president and chairman of the board of directors of the American Smelting and Refining Co. from 1901 to 1919. His philanthropic activities included the establishment of the Daniel and Florence Guggenheim Foundation in 1924, the school of aeronautics at New York University in 1925, and the Daniel Guggenheim Foundation for the Promotion of Aeronautics in 1926.
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