SASSOON — SASSOON, family of Jewish merchants, philanthropists, and men of letters, originally from baghdad ; its members rose to great influence and affluence first in India and then in England and China. The founder of the family was SHEIKH SASSOON B.… … Encyclopedia of Judaism
Sassoon — is the family name of several people, including:*Sassoon family, Jewish business family originating from Baghdad, Iraq. ** David Sassoon (David Ben Sassoon) (1792 Baghdad 1864 Mumbai) *** Sir Albert Abdullah David Sassoon, 1st Baronet (1818 1896) … Wikipedia
Sassoon — (von Śāśōn = „Freude“) ist der Name einer berühmten jüdischen Kaufmannsfamilie. Inhaltsverzeichnis 1 Geschichte 2 Berühmte Familienmitglieder 3 Literatur 4 Weblinks … Deutsch Wikipedia
Sassoon family — The Sassoon family is a family of international renown, which originated in the Jewish community of Baghdad, said to have originally been descended from Ibn Shoshans, of Spain.Sassoon ben Salih (1750 1830) was a banker to the vali (provincial… … Wikipedia
Solomon Sopher — is the president of the Baghdadi Jewish community in Mumbai, India. He also serves as the Trustee of the David Sassoon Fund, and as the chairman and managing director of Sir Jacob Sassoon Trust, which manages the Knesset Eliyahoo synagogues in… … Wikipedia
Isaac S.D. Sassoon — is a Sephardic Orthodox rabbi (hakham) and educator. Hakham Sassoon was born into the Sassoon family of London. His initial education was under the tutelage of his father, the renowned scholar Rabbi Solomon David Sassoon, Hakham Yosef Doury, and… … Wikipedia
David Gentleman — (born 11 March 1930, London) is an English artist designer. He studied illustration at the Royal College of Art under Edward Bawden and John Nash. He has worked in various media watercolour, lithography, wood engraving and at scales ranging from… … Wikipedia
Sassoon, David Solomon — 1) (1792 1864) Indian businessman and philantropist. He took over his family businesss in Baghdad. In 1828 he went to Bushehr on the Persian Gulf, and later settled in Bombay. There he built a synagogue, contributed to various cultural and… … Dictionary of Jewish Biography
Sassoon, Edward — (1856 1912) English communal leader, grandson of David Solomon Sassoon1. In 1899 he was elected to parliament as a member of the Conservative Party. He was involved in various aspects of English Jewish life … Dictionary of Jewish Biography
Sassoon, Flora — (1859 1936) English Hebrew scholar, daughter in law of David Solomon Sassoon1). Initially she managed her husband s firm in Bombay; later she settled in England. In 1924 she gave a discourse on the Talmud at Jews College, and subsequently she… … Dictionary of Jewish Biography
