Charles Hallgarten, or Charles/Karl Lazarus Hallgarten (18 November 1838 – 19 April 1908) was a German

banker A bank is a financial institution that accepts Deposit account, deposits from the public and creates a demand deposit while simultaneously making loans. Lending activities can be directly performed by the bank or indirectly through capital m ...

and

philanthropist Philanthropy is a form of altruism that consists of "private initiatives for the public good, focusing on quality of life". Philanthropy contrasts with business initiatives, which are private initiatives for private good, focusing on material ...

. His father was Lazarus Hallgarten, founder of Hallgarten & Company, and his mother was Eleonore Hallgarten (born Darmstädter, in

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* Descendants of Charles Hallgarten
Hallgarten hiess die Hoffnung
at www.dieneueepoche.com

at www.faz.net German bankers Jewish German bankers German philanthropists 19th-century German Jews 1838 births 1908 deaths Burials at the Old Jewish Cemetery, Frankfurt 19th-century German philanthropists People from Mainz {{Germany-business-bio-stub