Octave Marie Joseph Kérim Homberg, Jr. (19 January 1876 – 9 July 1941) was a French diplomat, author, and financier. He was director of the

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Biography

He was born on 19 January 1876 in

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to (1844-1907). During

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he appealed to the

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for loans and participated in the 1915

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. He headed the Commission of Bankers and Economists in France in 1917. In 1920 he founded the

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, which he led until early 1931. He died on 9 July 1941 in

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External links

Octave Homberg
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Octave Homberg
at the

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References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Homberg, Octave French financiers 1876 births 1941 deaths 20th-century French non-fiction writers