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Siegmund George Warburg
German-born English banker (1902–1982)
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Autochrome of Sir Siegmund Warburg with his wife Eva Maria Warburg, by Georges Chevalier, 1926. | |
| Born | (1902-09-30)30 September 1902 Seeburg, Germany |
| Died | 18 October 1982(1982-10-18) (aged 80) London, United Kingdom |
| Occupation | Banker |
Sir Siegmund George Warburg (30 September 1902 – 18 October 1982) was a German-born Jewish-English banker.
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He was a member of the prominent Warburg family. He played a prominent role in the development of merchant banking.[1]
Career
He was born in the village of Seeburg, Germany (today part of Bad Urach), the only child of Georges Siegmund Warburg and his wife, Lucie, who raised young Siegmund on an estate (Uhenfels Castle) in Swabia in South West Germany far away from the main branch of the family, which operated the second largest bank in Hamburg.
Siegmund had a sincere and deep affection for his mother who taught