Otto Hermann Kahn

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Otto Hermann Kahn

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Otto Hermann Kahn (February 21, 1867 - March 29, 1934) was a banker, collector, philanthropist and patron of the arts.

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February 21 - 1867 - March 29 - 1934

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Born and raised in Mannheim, Germany, Kahn started working for the Berliner Deutsche Bank and, in 1888, was sent to their London office. He became a naturalized British citizen but in 1893 went to the United States, where he spent the rest of his life. In 1897 he joined the banking firm of Kuhn, Loeb & Company in New York City. In 1917 Kahn gave up his British citizenship.

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Mannheim - Germany - 1888 - London - 1893 - United States - 1897 - Kuhn, Loeb & Company - 1917

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An extremely wealthy financier, Kahn supported artists such as Hart Crane, George Gershwin and Arturo Toscanini. In 1919 Kahn, who had acquired a 443 acre (1.8 km²) estate on Long Island, had Oheka Castle built as its centrepiece. The 126-room Oheka (from Otto Hermann Kahn) was designed as the second largest private residence in the United States (after the Biltmore Estate) by Delano & Aldrich of New York City; its landscaping was done by Frederick Law Olmsted of Brookline, Massachusetts (who had also designed Central Park in New York City and the Emerald Necklace of parks around Boston).

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Hart Crane - George Gershwin - Arturo Toscanini - 1919 - Long Island - Biltmore Estate - Delano - New York City - Frederick Law Olmsted - Brookline, Massachusetts - Central Park - Emerald Necklace - Boston

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His son, Roger Wolfe Kahn, was a popular jazz musician and band leader of the late 1920s and early 1930s. Otto Kahn's granddaughter is wife of the present 13th Earl of Airlie, a former Royal courtier and a Scottish peer (whose younger brother Rt Hon. Sir Angus Ogilvy was married to Princess Alexandra of Kent, a member of the British Royal Family).

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Roger Wolfe Kahn - 1920s - 1930s - Earl of Airlie - Angus Ogilvy - Princess Alexandra of Kent

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