LEADER 02684nam 22005413a 450 001 9910305260003321 005 20250203235647.0 010 $a9783943423013 024 7 $a10.15460/HUP.MFW.9en.127 035 $a(CKB)4330000001277112 035 $a(OAPEN)1002422 035 $a(ScCtBLL)5153e3b1-00bf-420d-931e-5412d21504e4 035 $a(OCoLC)1163811321 035 $a(oapen)doab28365 035 $a(EXLCZ)994330000001277112 100 $a20250203i20122020 uu 101 0 $ager 135 $auuuuu---auuuu 181 $ctxt$2rdacontent 182 $cc$2rdamedia 183 $acr$2rdacarrier 200 00$aAlfred Beit. The Hamburg Diamond King$fHenning Albrecht$hVolume 9.0 210 $aHamburg$cHamburg University Press$d2012 210 1$aHamburg :$cHamburg University Press,$d2012. 215 $a1 online resource (1 p.) 225 1 $aMäzene für Wissenschaft 311 08$a9783943423013 311 08$a3943423018 330 $aAlfred Beit (1853-1906) has been called a financial genius. When he went to South Africa in 1875, no one could imagine that the son of converted Hamburg Jews would soon become one of the richest men of his time - thanks to the diamonds of Kimberley and the gold of the Witwatersrand.As a co-founder of De Beers Ltd. and close friend of Cecil Rhodes, the charismatic promoter of British imperialism in southern Africa, Alfred Beit became one of the colonial fathers of Rhodesia. A British subject from 1898, he tried to mediate politically in the conflicts that developed between Germany and Britain with their respective empires, but failed to achieve a reconciliation between the two powers.Alfred Beit was himself a very prominent art collector and throughout his career he generously supported countless nonprofit-making institutions. TheHamburg Scientific Foundation itself owes its founding to one of his major donations. Beit's will passed on his wealth to a trust, which has financed development aid projects since 1906.This is the first comprehensive biography of this outstanding businessman, art collector and internationally active philanthropist. 606 $aHistory$2bicssc 610 $a19th century 610 $aAlfred Beit 610 $aCecil Rhodes 610 $adiamond dealing 610 $aHamburg 610 $aHamburg Scientific Foundation 610 $aKimberley 610 $apatron 610 $aSouth Africa 610 $aThe Patrons of Science 615 7$aHistory 700 $aAlbrecht$b Henning$01241589 801 0$bScCtBLL 801 1$bScCtBLL 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910305260003321 996 $aAlfred Beit. The Hamburg Diamond King$94323618 997 $aUNINA