Edgard-Salomon Stern (1 January 1854 – 20 April 1937) was a French banker and art collector.

Biography

Stern was born in Paris, the son of Salomon Stern, a Frankfurt banker, and Johanne Ellissen, and nephew of Antoine Jacob Stern, Baron Hermann Stern and Viscount David de Stern, Edgard Stern joined Banque Stern in 1877, becoming a partner in 1888 and then head of the bank. Stern was a director of

Banque de Paris et des Pays-Bas The Banque de Paris et des Pays-Bas (, ), generally referred to from 1982 as Paribas (), was a French investment bank based in Paris. In May 2000, it merged with the Banque Nationale de Paris to form BNP Paribas. History Background In the ...

(replacing his first cousin Jacques Stern, who co-founded the bank), Compagnie des chemins de fer andalous,

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, Banque d'Indochine,

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, Compagnie Générale des Eaux pour l'Etranger, Compagnie Générale du Gaz pour la France et l'Etranger, Compagnie des Sels Gemmes et Houillères de la Russie Méridionale and Brufina. Stern built a private mansion at No. 20

avenue Montaigne The Avenue Montaigne () is a street in the 8th arrondissement of Paris, 8th arrondissement of Paris, France. Origin of the name The Avenue Montaigne was originally called the Allée des Veuves ("Widows' Alley") because women in mourning gathered ...

in Paris, as well as the Château de Villette in

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and collected art. Stern was a

Knight of the Legion of Honour The National Order of the Legion of Honour ( ), formerly the Imperial Order of the Legion of Honour (), is the highest and most prestigious French national order of merit, both military and civil. Currently consisting of five classes, it was ...

and Commander of the Order of the Crown of Italy. Stern married his cousin Marguerite Fould, daughter of businessman Henri Fould and Suzette Stern. They are the great grandparents of

Édouard Stern Édouard Stern (18 October 1954 – 28 February 2005) was a French banker who was infamously murdered in Geneva, Switzerland, by a woman he had a four-year relationship with. At the time of his death, he was the 38th richest French citizen. B ...

and the parents-in-law of Marquis Bertrand de Sauvan d'Aramon. Stern died in Paris on 20 April 1937 at the age of 84.

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* ''Bibliothèque Edgard Stern. Très beaux livres illustrés du XVIIIe s. Livres de fêtes. Reliures en maroquin aux armes. Dessins originaux. ente à Paris, Hôtel-Drouot, 27 juin 1988. Commissaires priseurs: Laurin, Guilloux, Buffetaud, Tailleur'', 1988 * ''Morphologie des Groupes Financiers'', 1962 *

Henry Coston Henry Coston (20 December 1910 – 26 July 2001) was a French far-right, anti-Semitic journalist, collaborationist and conspiracy theorist. Biography After joining the Action française, Coston was influenced by journalist Édouard Drumont an ...

, ''Le retour des "200 familles."'', 1960

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