Ask the Chatbot Games & Quizzes History & Society Science & Tech Biographies Animals & Nature Geography & Travel Arts & Culture ProCon Money Videos
Benjamin Guggenheim
Table of Contents
Introduction References & Edit History Quick Facts & Related Topics
Images
Benjamin Guggenheim
Read Next
Sinking of the ocean liner the Titanic witnessed by survivors in lifeboats. May 15, 1912.
Did Anyone Really Think the Titanic was Unsinkable?
Titanic infographic. The 30th anniversary of its discovery is September 1, 2015. SPOTLIGHT VERSION.
Timeline of the Titanic’s Final Hours
Germans from East and West stand on the Berlin Wall in front of the Brandenburg Gate in the November 10, 1989, photo, one day after the wall opened.
Timeline of the 1980s
Discover
Aspirin pills.
7 Drugs that Changed the World
Cathedrale St.Jean in Lyon, France has a 14th-century astronomical clock that shows religious feast days till the year 2019; Perpetual Calendar
Ten Days That Vanished: The Switch to the Gregorian Calendar
Poker game. Card game. Royal Flush in poker. Hearts suit gambling
Poker Hands Ranked
Happy, smiling, flying pig
7 Everyday English Idioms and Where They Come From
Berries and leaves of the bittersweet nightshade (Solanum dulcamara) plant. Poisonous plant
7 of the World’s Deadliest Plants
US Marines firing at Fallujah, Iraq, during the Second Battle of Fallujah in November 2004. Operation Iraqi Freedom, Iraq War.
Timeline of the 2000s
Periodical Cicada, Adult, Magicicada spp. Requires 17 years to complete development. Nymph splits its skin, and transforms into an adult. Feeds on sap of tree roots. Northern Illinois Brood. This brood is the largest emergence of cicadas anywhere
Why Do Some Cicadas Appear Only Every 17 Years?

Benjamin Guggenheim: Facts & Related Content

verifiedCite
While every effort has been made to follow citation style rules, there may be some discrepancies. Please refer to the appropriate style manual or other sources if you have any questions.
Select Citation Style
Share
Share to social media
URL
https://www.britannica.com/facts/Benjamin-Guggenheim
Written and fact-checked by
The Information Architects of Encyclopaedia Britannica

The Information Architects maintain a master list of the topics included in the corpus of  Encyclopædia Britannica, and create and manage the relationships between them.
The Information Architects of Encyclopaedia Britannica

Facts

Born October 26, 1865 • Philadelphia • Pennsylvania
Died April 15, 1912 (aged 46) • North Atlantic Ocean
Notable Family Members daughter Peggy Guggenheim

Photos

Benjamin Guggenheim
See All Images →
David Koch
American businessman
Henry B. Plant
American industrialist
Walter Knott
American entrepreneur
Jesse Lasky
American producer
Cordelia Knott
American entrepreneur
Hunt, Nelson Bunker
American oil tycoon
Charles Koch
American businessman
Marjorie Merriweather Post
American business mogul and philanthropist
Tim Mara
American businessman
Kelly Loeffler
American businesswoman and politician
John D. Hertz
American businessman
Jack the Rapper
American disc jockey and publisher
Mantis James Van Sweringen
American businessman
Nolan Bushnell
American electrical engineer
Steve Ross
American entrepreneur
Fay Vincent
American baseball commissioner
John Anthony Volpe
American politician
Oris Paxton Van Sweringen
American businesman
Ethan Allen Hitchcock
American businessman and public official
Levi Strauss
American entrepreneur