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Isaac Wulff Heyman
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'''Isaac Wulff Heyman''' (1 November 1818 - 19 June 884) was a [[Denmark|Danish]] businessman and philanthropists.
==Earlyy life==
Heyman was born in [[Copenhagen]], the son of Wulff Philip Heyman (1794–1866) and Gittel Isaac Moses (ca. 1792–1833). His father was after the morther's warlt death married second time to Jacobine Meyer (1812–73) in 1835.<ref name="DBL"></ref>
==Career==
Heyman was just 18 years old when he in a partnership with I. M. Levin started his own brokage firm, benefitting from fabourable market conditions prior to leaving it again in 1949. He worked as a broker for a few more years but increasingly engaged in real estate investments, development projects and industrial enterprises. In 1853 he established the Svanholm Brewery on [[Gammel Kongevej]] in a partnership with in father. He also founded the Sophiehaab chemical factory and was for a while co-owner of Christianshavn Steam Mill. He was vice chairman of Copenhagen's Asspciation of Landowners in 1865–81 and its chairman in 1881–84.<ref name="DBL"/>
He acquired Roskilde Destilleries in a partnership with C. A. Olesen in 1878 and modernized the factory prior to its merger with other similar factories under the name [[De Danske Spritfabrikker]] in 1881.<ref name="DBL"/>
==Politics and public offices==
He was a co-founder of Industribanken in 1862 and was a member of its board of representatives un til 1880, the last three years as its chairman.He was from from 1871 to 1880 a member of Copenhagen City Council. He was also very active in the Jewish community, for instance as a board member and chairman of several of its philanthropical societies.<ref name="DBL"/>
He founded I.W. Heymans og hustrus sølvbryllups stiftelse inn connection with his and his wife's silver wedding in 1871. It was located at [[Peder Hvitfeldts Stræde]] 8 and contained residences for "good and indigent unmarried people". It existed until 1971.<ref></ref> It was in 1869 followed by J. V. Heyman og hustrus stiftelse for officersenker at [[Viktoriagade]] 19 with five residents for officer's widows. The building was demolished inn 1895.<ref></ref> He also created a number of grants.
==Personal life==
Heiman married Johanna Levysohn (27 June 1824 - 11 October 1885), a daughter of merchant Joachim L. (died 1857) and Betty Isaac, on 5 July 1846 in [[Hamburg]]. He was created a [[Order of the Dannebrog|Knight in the Order of the Dannebrog]] in 1865 and was awarded the [[Dannebrogordens Ærestegn|Cross of Honour]] in 1869. He died on 19 June 884 and is buried at the Jewish North Cemetery.<ref></ref>
==References==
[[Category:19th-century Danish businesspeople]]
[[Category:Businesspeople from Copenhagen]]
[[Category:Danish philanthropists]]
Danish philantropists]]
[[Category:1818 births]]
[[Category:1994 deaths]]
==Earlyy life==
Heyman was born in [[Copenhagen]], the son of Wulff Philip Heyman (1794–1866) and Gittel Isaac Moses (ca. 1792–1833). His father was after the morther's warlt death married second time to Jacobine Meyer (1812–73) in 1835.<ref name="DBL"></ref>
==Career==
Heyman was just 18 years old when he in a partnership with I. M. Levin started his own brokage firm, benefitting from fabourable market conditions prior to leaving it again in 1949. He worked as a broker for a few more years but increasingly engaged in real estate investments, development projects and industrial enterprises. In 1853 he established the Svanholm Brewery on [[Gammel Kongevej]] in a partnership with in father. He also founded the Sophiehaab chemical factory and was for a while co-owner of Christianshavn Steam Mill. He was vice chairman of Copenhagen's Asspciation of Landowners in 1865–81 and its chairman in 1881–84.<ref name="DBL"/>
He acquired Roskilde Destilleries in a partnership with C. A. Olesen in 1878 and modernized the factory prior to its merger with other similar factories under the name [[De Danske Spritfabrikker]] in 1881.<ref name="DBL"/>
==Politics and public offices==
He was a co-founder of Industribanken in 1862 and was a member of its board of representatives un til 1880, the last three years as its chairman.He was from from 1871 to 1880 a member of Copenhagen City Council. He was also very active in the Jewish community, for instance as a board member and chairman of several of its philanthropical societies.<ref name="DBL"/>
He founded I.W. Heymans og hustrus sølvbryllups stiftelse inn connection with his and his wife's silver wedding in 1871. It was located at [[Peder Hvitfeldts Stræde]] 8 and contained residences for "good and indigent unmarried people". It existed until 1971.<ref></ref> It was in 1869 followed by J. V. Heyman og hustrus stiftelse for officersenker at [[Viktoriagade]] 19 with five residents for officer's widows. The building was demolished inn 1895.<ref></ref> He also created a number of grants.
==Personal life==
Heiman married Johanna Levysohn (27 June 1824 - 11 October 1885), a daughter of merchant Joachim L. (died 1857) and Betty Isaac, on 5 July 1846 in [[Hamburg]]. He was created a [[Order of the Dannebrog|Knight in the Order of the Dannebrog]] in 1865 and was awarded the [[Dannebrogordens Ærestegn|Cross of Honour]] in 1869. He died on 19 June 884 and is buried at the Jewish North Cemetery.<ref></ref>
==References==
[[Category:19th-century Danish businesspeople]]
[[Category:Businesspeople from Copenhagen]]
[[Category:Danish philanthropists]]
Danish philantropists]]
[[Category:1818 births]]
[[Category:1994 deaths]]
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