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Alfred Beit. The Hamburg Diamond King

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Alfred Beit (1853-1906) has been called a financial genius. When he went to South Africa in 1875, no one could imagine that the son of converted Hamburg Jews would soon become one of the richest men of his time - thanks to the diamonds of Kimberley and the gold of the Witwatersrand.As a co-founder o...

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Main Author: Albrecht, Henning (auth)
Other Authors: Nümann, Ekkehard W. (Editor), Wissenschaftliche Stiftung, Hamburgische (Editor)
Format: Electronic Book Chapter
Published: Hamburg Hamburg University Press 2012
Series:Mäzene für Wissenschaft
Subjects:
History
Hamburg
19th century
Alfred Beit
diamond dealing
patron
South Africa
Kimberley
Cecil Rhodes
Hamburg Scientific Foundation
The Patrons of Science
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