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Hochschild, Moritz, 1881-1965

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Personal name headingHochschild, Moritz, 1881-1965
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Variant(s)Hochschild, Mauricio, 1881-1965
Associated countryAustralia
Chile
Associated placeMadrid (Spain)
London (England)
Freiberg (Germany)
Potosí (Bolivia)
New York (N.Y.)
Birth date1881
Death date1965-06-12
Place of birthBiblis (Germany)
Place of deathParis (France)
Field of activityTin industry
Jews, German
AffiliationTechnische Universität Bergakademie Freiberg
Metallgesellschaft Aktiengesellschaft
Compañía Minera Hochschild Mining Corporation
Profession or occupationBusinessman
Found inDr. Moritz (Don Mauricio) Hochschild, 1881-1965 ... 2001: t.p. (Moritz (Don Mauricio) Hochschild; b. 1881; d. 1965; one of the "tin barons" of Bolivia)
Dr. Moritz (Mauricio) Hochschild, 2015: title page (Dr. Moritz (Mauricio) Hochschild; mining businessman; promotor of Jewish immigration to Bolivia) page 24, etc. (born 1881 in Biblis, Germany in an orthodox Jewish family; bachelor's (1900-1905) and Ph.D. (1921) in mining engineering, Technische Universität Bergakademie Freiberg; starting working for Metallgesellschaft Aktiengesellschaft in Frankfurt in 1905 and went to work in Madrid, Australia, London and Chile until 1914; spent World War I in Germany; returned to Chile in 1919; lived in Bolivia (1921-1944); spent the remainder of his life primarily in a hotel in New York City and later in Paris; died June 12, 1965 in Paris; founder of the Compañía Minera Hochschild Mining Corporation with headquarters in Potosí; promoted German Jewish immigration to Bolivia during World War II)
Associated languageger spa