1866 - 1921 (54 years)
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Name |
Edgar Jaffe |
Prefix |
Prof |
Born |
14 May 1866 |
Hamburg, Germany |
Gender |
Male |
Biography |
"Born in 1865, he was one of fourteen children of a Jewish
merchant family centered in Hamburg. Several of the sons were sent
abroad to different countries to represent the family firm, which
dealt in line and cotton. Edgar had spent some time in Spain and over
ten years in Manchester, England, where he had made a sizable fortune
for himself. The Jaffe firm in Manchester had a very good reputation
for the fairness and politeness of the employers to their staff: they
always gave their Halle tickets to employees for the performances of
The Messiah and of Elijah. When his father died, Edgar Jaffe returned
to Germany and took up the academic life.
All the Jaffes of that generation had a lot of money. They tended
to retire early - some lived the life of country gentlemen on their
estates, breeding horses and trout and growing roses - and were in all
respects a fine example of that lavish prosperity which historians
associate with the founding years of Bismarck's Reich. Because of
their race, they also exemplify that Jewish success in life which so
disastrously roused the envy and enmity of less successful Germans." [1] |
Hebrew Birth |
29 Iya 5626 |
Hebrew Death |
21 Nis 5681 |
Occupation |
Professor of Economics |
Residence |
Hamburg, Germany |
Residence |
Munich, Germany |
Died |
29 Apr 1921 |
Munich, Germany |
Person ID |
I5251 |
Blank Family |
Last Modified |
20 Feb 2010 |
Father |
Isaac Joseph Jaffe, b. 18 Jul 1806, Schwerin, Germany , d. 16 Apr 1890, Hamburg, Germany (Age 83 years) |
Mother |
Charlotte Baer, b. Yes - date unknown, Karlsruhe, Germany , d. Yes - date unknown |
Family ID |
F1459 |
Group Sheet | Family Chart |
Family |
Elisabeth Helene Amalie Sophie Freiin von Richthofen, b. 8 Oct 1874, Chateau-Salins, France , d. 22 Dec 1973, Heidelberg, Germany (Age 99 years) |
Married |
18 Nov 1902 |
Heidelberg, Germany |
Children |
| 1. Frederick Jeffrey, b. 28 Sep 1903, Heidelberg, Germany , d. 3 Aug 1995, Greenwich, CT, USA (Age 91 years) |
| 2. Marianne Jaffe, b. 21 Aug 1905, Heidelberg, Germany , d. 23 Jan 1991 (Age 85 years) |
| 3. Peter Jaffe, b. 24 Dec 1907, Heidelberg, Germany , d. 14 Oct 1915, Heidelberg, Germany (Age 7 years) |
| 4. Hans Jaffe, b. 25 Feb 1909, Heidelberg, Germany , d. 8 Nov 1977, Cleveland, OH, USA (Age 68 years) |
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Last Modified |
19 Feb 2010 |
Family ID |
F167 |
Group Sheet | Family Chart |
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Sources |
- [S138] The Von Richthofen Sisters, Martin Green, (Basic Books 1974), page 23.
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