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Definition of Guggenheim

1. Noun. United States philanthropist; son of Meyer Guggenheim who created several foundations to support the arts (1861-1949).

2. Noun. United States industrialist (born in Switzerland) who with his sons established vast mining and metal processing companies (1828-1905).

Definition of Guggenheim

1. Proper noun. a surname. ¹

2. Proper noun. a museum dedicated to a person of that name. ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Lexicographical Neighbors of Guggenheim

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Literary usage of Guggenheim

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. The American Journal of International Law by American Society of International Law (1907)
"By Harry F. Guggenheim. New York: Mac- millan Co., 1934. pp. xx, 268. Index. $2.50. Any United States ambassador to Cuba, however much or little he may ..."

2. The Arena by Harry Houdini Collection (Library of Congress) (1907)
"politics cost Mr. Guggenheim $70000, but probably it was worth it, for without it ... Guggenheim did not put all his eggs in one basket, nor rely upon one ..."

3. American Jewish Year Book by American Jewish Committee, Jewish Publication Society of America (1904)
"Son of Meyer Guggenheim and Barbara Myers. Educated at Philadelphia, Pa. Married, 1884, Florence Shloss. At seventeen years of age went to Switzerland and ..."

4. Men who are Making America by Bertie Charles Forbes (1922)
"DANIEL Guggenheim MEYER Guggenheim one day opened his heart and his purse to ... Two of the Guggenheim companies alone, the American Smelting and Refining ..."

5. The Technical World (1904)
"Out of it, Meyer Guggenheim made his first large accumulation of wealth. When he was already a middle-aged and wealthy man, a business friend came to Mr. ..."

6. The Social Unrest: Capital, Labor, and the Public in Turmoil by Lyman Pierson Powell (1919)
"Analyzing the present unrest, which seemed to him to be of gradual growth, Mr. Guggenheim traced the changed relations between employer and employee from a ..."

7. The Social Unrest: Capital, Labor, and the Public in Turmoil by Lyman Pierson Powell (1919)
"Analyzing the present unrest, which seemed to him to be of gradual growth, Mr. Guggenheim traced the changed relations between employer and employee from a ..."

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