Edmond James de Rothschild
French philanthropist
Died when: 89 years 75 days (1070 months)Star Sign: Leo
Baron Abraham Edmond Benjamin James de Rothschild (Hebrew: ????? ????? ?????? ?????? ?'???? ??????? - HaBaron Avraham Edmond Binyamin Ya'akov Rotshield; 19 August 1845 – 2 November 1934) was a French member of the Rothschild banking family.
A strong supporter of Zionism, his large donations lent significant support to the movement during its early years, which helped lead to the establishment of the State of Israel – where he is simply known as "The Baron Rothschild", "HaBaron" (lit. "The Baron"), or "Hanadiv" (lit. "The generous one").
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