"Es muß besser werden!" Aby und Max Warburg im Dialog über Hamburgs geistige Zahlungsfähigkeit
The story of how Max Warburg became head of the family-owned bankhouse, although his brother was supposed to take over the business, was often told: When he was 12 years old, the one year older Aby offered Max his birthright for the promise to buy all the books Aby would ever need. Max accepted,and...
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| Format: | eBook |
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Hamburg
Hamburg University Press
2020
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| Series: | Mäzene für Wissenschaft
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| Collection: | Directory of Open Access Books - Collection details see MPG.ReNa |
| Summary: | The story of how Max Warburg became head of the family-owned bankhouse, although his brother was supposed to take over the business, was often told: When he was 12 years old, the one year older Aby offered Max his birthright for the promise to buy all the books Aby would ever need. Max accepted,and - as he later said - issued "the biggest blank cheque in my life". The paths of life of the two brothers spilt into different directions. Aby built his library into a research institute. Max developed M. M. Warburg & Co., thus the bankhouse becoming one of the most important private banks in Germany. At Simultaneously, they both pursued another goal: the foundation of the university. The brothers were among the early donors of the Hamburg Scientific Foundation (Hamburgische Wissenschaftliche Stiftung). It was all about "Hamburg's mental capacity" ("Hamburgs geistige Zahlungsfähigkeit"). |
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| Item Description: | Creative Commons (cc), https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nd/4.0/ |
| Physical Description: | 1 electronic resource (112 p.) |
| ISBN: | 9783943423853 HUP.MFW.17.02.207 |