Maurice Wertheim

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Maurice Wertheim was an American investment banker, philanthropist, and patron of the arts who played a significant role in supporting modern theater and cultural institutions in the early 20th century.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf art patron
human
investment banker
philanthropist
burialPlace Greenwich, Connecticut
child Anne Wertheim Werner
Barbara Tuchman
Joseph Wertheim
countryOfCitizenship United States of America
dateOfBirth 1886-02-16
dateOfDeath 1950-05-27
donated art collection to Fogg Art Museum at Harvard University
educatedAt Harvard University
surface form: Harvard College

Harvard University
employer Hallgarten & Company
familyName Wertheim
fieldOfWork arts patronage
finance
philanthropy
founded Wertheim & Company
givenName Maurice
heritage German-Jewish
knownFor collecting impressionist and post-impressionist art
supporting cultural institutions
supporting modern theater
memberOf American Jewish Committee
Harvard Corporation
name Maurice Wertheim self-link
notableWork support of cultural institutions in the United States
support of modern theater
occupation art collector
chess patron
investment banker
philanthropist
publisher
owned Maurice Wertheim art collection
placeOfBirth New York City
placeOfDeath Cos Cob, Connecticut
politicalAlignment liberal
positionHeld partner at Hallgarten & Company
religion Judaism
residence Cos Cob, Connecticut
New York City
sexOrGender male
sibling Henry Wertheim
spouse Alma Morgenthau
supported American cultural institutions in the early 20th century
modern theater in New York

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Theatre Guild foundedBy Maurice Wertheim
Maurice Wertheim name Maurice Wertheim self-link