Daniel Guggenheim
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Industrialist-philanthropist who created the Daniel Guggenheim Fund for the Promotion of Aeronautics (1926), financing early American aviation research and university aeronautics schools.
1856, Philadelphia, United States — 1930, Sands Point, New York, United States
Philadelphia and New York, United States
Daniel Guggenheim is recognized among Jewish contributors to Technology & Engineering — Industrialist-philanthropist who created the Daniel Guggenheim Fund for the Promotion of Aeronautics (1926), financing early American aviation research and university aeronautics schools.
Daniel Guggenheim was an American industrialist and philanthropist from the Swiss-Jewish Guggenheim mining and smelting family. In 1926 he created the Daniel Guggenheim Fund for the Promotion of Aeronautics, which financed early American aviation research and founded aeronautics schools at leading universities. His giving helped launch modern aviation science in the United States.
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Industrialist-philanthropist who created the Daniel Guggenheim Fund for the Promotion of Aeronautics (1926), financing early American aviation research and university aeronautics schools.
Source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Daniel_Guggenheim
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