Born:

January 10, 1847, Frankfurt am Main

Died:

September 25, 1920, New York

German born Jewish-American banker, businessman, and philanthropist; founder of the American Jewish Committee

Mentioned in

• Letter from Jacob H. Schiff (New York) to Max Warburg (Hamburg), January 28, 1915
• Transnational Networks and Questions of Belonging. An Exchange of Letters Between Jacob Schiff and Max Warburg During World War I. (Sarah Panter)