Raphaël-Louis’ father, Louis-Raphaël Bischoffsheim, was born in Mainz in 1800 and as an early orphan, he had to leave high school to work at the bank of Hayum Salomon Goldschmidt. In 1820, he left Frankfurt to create his own bank in Amsterdam. In 1822, he married the sister of Benedict Hayum Goldschmidt, Amelia.[1] In 1850, the family moved permanently to Paris, where he opened one of the three branches of his bank.[2]
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Raphaël-Louis had already been sent to Paris by his father in 1842 to study at the École Centrale des Arts et Manufactures. After graduation, he was appointed as inspector of the railway line in northern Italy[3] belonging to his father. He worked there until 1873, when he took over from his father the management of the family's banking group.[2] On 24 April 1880, he obtained French nationality.
In 1873, Bischoffsheim commissioned architect Charles Garnier to build a villa in Bordighera, which was called Villa Bischoffsheim and finished in 1875. Bischoffsheim, who was a very generous person, had started investing and making plans to improve the city. What was closest to his heart was the construction of an observatory on the Mount Bego. Unfortunately, the municipalities proved unreceptive to the proposal of the banker, and Bischoffsheim, who had already had problems with money loaned to the city for improving the Via Romana, decided to move his center of interests back to France.
His passion for astronomy had already driven him to invest in the observatories of Paris, of Montsouris and of the Pic du Midi. When Bordighera did not accept his proposal for an observatory, Bischoffsheim built one in Nice on Mont-Gros, providing it with all the latest equipment and making it a center of excellence. The observatory was opened in October 1887. His contribution to science and society was such that Bischoffsheim received from the French Government the Legion of Honour and in 1889, at the Universal Exposition of Paris, two gold medals: one for the Nice Observatory and another for the professional school of the Boulevard Bourdon in Paris.
In 1881, he was chosen to represent the district of Nice in the Chamber of Deputies, but not wanting to join any party, he was not re-elected in 1885. Instead, he was re-elected in 1889 for Nice and, in 1893, for Puget-Théniers(see list of deputies on French wikipedia).
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raphaël, bischoffsheim, raphaël, louis, bischoffsheim, july, 1823, 1906, french, banker, member, prominent, bischoffsheim, family, raphaël, louis, bischoffsheimdeputy, national, assemblyfor, alpes, maritimesin, office, january, 1881, november, 1885prime, minis. Raphael Louis Bischoffsheim 22 July 1823 20 May 1906 was a French banker and a member of the prominent Bischoffsheim family Raphael Louis BischoffsheimDeputy of the National Assemblyfor Alpes MaritimesIn office 1 January 1881 9 November 1885Prime MinisterLeon GambettaCharles de FreycinetiCharles DuclercArmand FallieresJules FerryPersonal detailsBorn 1823 07 22 22 July 1823Amsterdam Kingdom of the NetherlandsDied20 May 1906 1906 05 20 aged 82 Rome ItalyNationalityFrenchPolitical partyIndependentAlma materEcole Centrale des Arts et ManufacturesOccupationBanker politician patronAwardsLegion of Honour Contents 1 Family background 2 Life and career 3 Notes 4 External linksFamily background editRaphael Louis father Louis Raphael Bischoffsheim was born in Mainz in 1800 and as an early orphan he had to leave high school to work at the bank of Hayum Salomon Goldschmidt In 1820 he left Frankfurt to create his own bank in Amsterdam In 1822 he married the sister of Benedict Hayum Goldschmidt Amelia 1 In 1850 the family moved permanently to Paris where he opened one of the three branches of his bank 2 Life and career editRaphael Louis had already been sent to Paris by his father in 1842 to study at the Ecole Centrale des Arts et Manufactures After graduation he was appointed as inspector of the railway line in northern Italy 3 belonging to his father He worked there until 1873 when he took over from his father the management of the family s banking group 2 On 24 April 1880 he obtained French nationality In 1873 Bischoffsheim commissioned architect Charles Garnier to build a villa in Bordighera which was called Villa Bischoffsheim and finished in 1875 Bischoffsheim who was a very generous person had started investing and making plans to improve the city What was closest to his heart was the construction of an observatory on the Mount Bego Unfortunately the municipalities proved unreceptive to the proposal of the banker and Bischoffsheim who had already had problems with money loaned to the city for improving the Via Romana decided to move his center of interests back to France His passion for astronomy had already driven him to invest in the observatories of Paris of Montsouris and of the Pic du Midi When Bordighera did not accept his proposal for an observatory Bischoffsheim built one in Nice on Mont Gros providing it with all the latest equipment and making it a center of excellence The observatory was opened in October 1887 His contribution to science and society was such that Bischoffsheim received from the French Government the Legion of Honour and in 1889 at the Universal Exposition of Paris two gold medals one for the Nice Observatory and another for the professional school of the Boulevard Bourdon in Paris In 1881 he was chosen to represent the district of Nice in the Chamber of Deputies but not wanting to join any party he was not re elected in 1885 Instead he was re elected in 1889 for Nice and in 1893 for Puget Theniers see list of deputies on French wikipedia In 1890 he was elected as a free member of the French Academy of Sciences 4 Notes edit Les reseaux matrimoniaux intra confessionnels de la haute bourgeoisie juive a Paris a la fin du xixe siecle Cairn info Archived from the original on 24 September 2015 Retrieved 11 October 2015 a b Bischoffsheim Raphael Louis Jewish Encyclopedia Archived copy PDF Archived from the original PDF on 1 July 2015 Retrieved 11 October 2015 a href Template Cite web html title Template Cite web cite web a CS1 maint archived copy as title link Raphael Bischoffsheiml PDF cnrs fr Retrieved 19 May 2024 External links edit nbsp Netherlands portal nbsp Germany portal nbsp Italy portal nbsp Media related to Raphael Bischoffsheim at Wikimedia Commons Nice Observatory Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Raphael Bischoffsheim amp oldid 1224648117, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
