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Adolph Lewisohn was a son of Samuel Lewisohn (1809–1872) and his wife Julie (died 1856). He was born in Hamburg on May 27, 1849, and grew up with two brothers and four sisters. [ 4 ] At the age 16 Adolph emigrated to New York City to assist his brothers, Julius and Leonard Lewisohn with the family's mercantile business, Adolph Lewisohn & Son ...
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Adele Lewisohn Lehman was born to a Jewish family on May 17, 1882, in New York City, the daughter of Emma (née Cahn) and Adolph Lewisohn. [1]Her father and his brothers (Julius and Leonard) were known as "copper kings" after making their fortune opening copper mines to fuel demand for copper wire with the advent of electricity; her father was also a leader in prison reform.
The Lehman family (also Lehmann, Liehmann or Liehman) is a prominent family of Jewish German-Americans who founded the financial firm Lehman Brothers. Some were also involved in American politics. [1] Members have married into the prominent Morgenthau, Loeb, and Bronfman families.
Sam A. Lewisohn Samuel Adolph Lewisohn (March 21, 1884 – March 13, 1951) was an American lawyer , financier , philanthropist , art collector , and non-fiction author. [ 1 ] He is also known as first president of the American Management Association .
He was born in Hamburg, Germany, to Jewish parents, Julie and Samuel Lewisohn. In 1863, Samuel, a prominent Hamburg merchant, sent Leonard and his brother, Julius Lewisohn, to the United States, as his firm's representatives; about three years later they were joined by their younger brother, Adolph Lewisohn, and they formed the firm of Lewisohn Brothers in January 1866.
Lewisohn is a surname. Notable people with the surname include: Adolph Lewisohn (1849–1938), German-American merchant and philanthropist; Alice Lewisohn (1883–1972), American co-founder of Neighborhood Playhouse and actress, daughter of Leonard
His parents Jacques Lewisohn and Minna (Eloesser) immigrated to the United States in 1890. The family settled in St. Matthews, South Carolina and then in 1892 moved to Charleston. [2] Lewisohn's mother was the daughter of a rabbi, but when the family moved to America they settled in an area where there was not a practicing Jewish congregation.