Guido Elbogen (27 December 1845 – 10 December 1918) was an Austrian banker and mathematician who became President of the

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Early life

He was born into a

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family on 27 December 1845 in

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, Austrian Empire (now in the Czech Republic). Of the children of

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Isak Elbogen and his wife Friederike (''née'' Pokorny) he was the only one to survive beyond infancy.

Career

After studying at the Academy of Commerce in Prague, Elbogen entered the banking business at the Ladenburg Bank in London, before moving to Paris where he joined Oppenheim, Alberti and Co, working to Antoine Schwabacher whose daughter Rosalie he married in 1868. In 1874 a lampooning cartoon of him appeared on the front cover of an issue of the French satirical newspaper '' Comic-Finance'', which also included a biographical piece by the newspaper's editor Ernest Schrameck, writing under the

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"Sergines". Elbogen made at least 15 business trips to Spain, representing the interests of French banks, including the Bank of Paris, successfully negotiating with the Spanish authorities for the repayment of outstanding bank loans. In 1877 Elbogen and his family moved from Paris to

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, where he took up the post of President of the

. In 1865, Elbogen submitted a proposal for a lottery savings bank, an idea that was taken up in Italy in 1880 and debated in the

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, but was not approved.

Publications

* ''Lotto oder Sparcassen'' (1880), H Engel. * (with Alie Elbogen) ''Der Großeltern Vermächtnis'' (1904), Engel und Sohn.

Personal life

In 1868, in Paris, he married Rosalie (Alie), daughter of banker Antoine Schwabacher and his wife Helene, ''née'' Hendle. Elbogen and his family moved to Vienna when he joined the Anglo-Austrian Bank; he also bought a country estate, Schloss Thalheim, in

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.Schloss Thalheim is in the village of Thalheim (Kapelln), today a part of

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/ref> They had three daughters and a son: * Antoinette (1871–1901) * Heinrich (also known as Henri, 1872–1927) * Helene (1878–1882) *

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(1882–1957) who married Friedrich Weleminsky. She inherited Schloss Thalheim from her father.

Death

Elbogen died on 10 December 1918 at Schloss Thalheim, aged 72. He is buried at

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References

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