Jacob Schiff

GPTKB entity

Statements (54)
Predicate Object
gptkbp:instanceOf gptkb:person
gptkbp:awarded gptkb:Order_of_the_Sacred_Treasure_(Japan)
gptkbp:birthDate 1847-01-10
gptkbp:birthPlace gptkb:Frankfurt,_Germany
gptkbp:burialPlace gptkb:Linden_Hill_Cemetery,_Queens,_New_York
gptkbp:child gptkb:Frieda_Schiff_Warburg
gptkbp:deathDate 1920-09-25
gptkbp:deathPlace gptkb:New_York_City,_United_States
gptkbp:descendedFrom gptkb:Mayer_Amschel_Schiff
gptkbp:education gptkb:Frankfurt_Gymnasium
gptkbp:emigratedTo gptkb:United_States
gptkbp:employer gptkb:Kuhn,_Loeb_&_Co.
gptkbp:financed gptkb:Union_Pacific_Railroad
gptkb:Japanese_government_during_Russo-Japanese_War
gptkb:Northern_Pacific_Railway
gptkbp:fullName gptkb:Jacob_Henry_Schiff
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label Jacob Schiff
gptkbp:influenced American Jewish community
U.S. finance
gptkbp:knownFor philanthropy
financing railroads
opposing anti-Semitism
gptkbp:language gptkb:German
English
gptkbp:memberOf gptkb:American_Jewish_Historical_Society
gptkb:New_York_Chamber_of_Commerce
gptkbp:nationality gptkb:American
gptkbp:occupation gptkb:philanthropist
banker
gptkbp:opposedBy Russian Empire's anti-Jewish policies
gptkbp:parent gptkb:Clara_Schiff
gptkb:Moses_Schiff
gptkbp:philanthropy education
healthcare
Jewish welfare
immigrant aid
gptkbp:position senior partner
gptkbp:religion gptkb:Judaism
gptkbp:residence gptkb:New_York_City
gptkbp:signature Jacob Schiff signature.svg
gptkbp:spouse gptkb:Therese_Loeb_Schiff
gptkbp:supports gptkb:American_Jewish_Committee
gptkb:Settlement_House_movement
gptkb:Jewish_Theological_Seminary_of_America
gptkb:Hebrew_Union_College
gptkb:Montefiore_Hospital
Jewish causes
Russian Jewish immigrants
gptkbp:bfsParent gptkb:Kuhn,_Loeb_&_Co.
gptkb:Kuhn,_Loeb_&_Co._(1977)
gptkb:Mortimer_Leo_Schiff
gptkb:Northern_Securities_Company
gptkb:Schiff_family
gptkbp:bfsLayer 5