Morris Elias Curiel (1863-1928) was a

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banker and member of the

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. He liked to write poetry in his spare time. In 1998, his son Elias Morris Curiel donated the finances to transform the Center for Sephardic Studies in

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into the Sephardi Museum Morris E. Curiel, in his father's name. His cousin Elias David Curiel wrote the anthem of the state of Falćon.

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1863 births 1928 deaths Venezuelan bankers Venezuelan Sephardi Jews People of Dutch-Jewish descent {{Venezuela-business-bio-stub