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Louis Bamberger
Louis Bamberger
	Louis Bamberger, date unknown
Born	15 May 1855; Baltimore, Maryland
Died	11 March 1944 (aged 88)
Nationality	American
Family	Felix Fuld (brother-in-law); Caroline Bamberger Fuld (sister); Moses Hutzler (grandfather)

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Louis Bamberger (15 May 1855 – 11 March 1944) was a citizen of Newark, New Jersey, from the early 1900s until his death in 1944.^[1]^[2] He and his sister Caroline Bamberger Fuld co-founded the Institute for Advanced Study in Princeton, New Jersey.^[1]^[2] He was a businessman and philanthropist and at his death all flags in Newark were flown at half-staff for three days, and his large department store closed for a day.^[2]

Early life

Louis Bamberger was born in 1855 to a German Jewish family in Baltimore, Maryland, the son of Theresa (née Hutzler) and Elkan Bamberger.^[1]^[2] His mother belonged to the family that ran Hutzler Brothers in Baltimore.^[1] His grandfather was Moses Hutzler.^[1] He had six siblings: Caroline Bamberger Fuld; Clara "Lavinia" Bamberger; Rosa Bamberger; Julius Bamberger; Pauline Bamberger; and Julia Bamberger.^[3]

Bamberger's

He came to Newark in 1892 and bought at auction a failing general goods store on Market Street, renaming it L. Bamberger & Company,^[1]^[2] with his partners, brothers-in-law Felix Fuld and Louis M. Frank.^[4]^[2] The store was an immediate success, and Bamberger was able to open an ornate chateauesque building in 1912 that covered a whole city block.^[2] For decades, Bamberger’s clock was the downtown meeting place for Newarkers.^[2] In 1928, the store's sales were $28 million (equivalent to $497 million in 2023), making it the fourth highest grossing store in the United States.^[5]

In 1929, Bamberger sold his department store to R.H. Macy and Company, which kept the original Bamberger name.^[2] Bamberger knew that he owed his success to hundreds of able employees, and split $1 million among 240 employees.^[2] The Bamberger name remained in use for the stores in the New Jersey division of Macy's until 1986.^[2]

Charitable work

Bamberger supported both secular and Jewish charities.^[2] Bamberger personally funded the buildings for Newark’s YMHA, the Newark Museum, and the New Jersey Historical Society.^[2] He worked to help persecuted Jews escape from Germany's Third Reich.^[5] Bamberger was also a major contributor to the Community Chest and Beth Israel Hospital.^[5]

Institute for Advanced Study

Bamberger and his sister Caroline Bamberger Fuld worked with Abraham Flexner to found the Institute for Advanced Study in Princeton, New Jersey.^[6] They gave a $5 million endowment to the Institute. Upon Bamberger's death the bulk of his estate was left to the Institute.^[1]

Personal life

Bamberger was a shy man who never married and focused on running his store.^[1]^[2] His partner Felix Fuld was the more outgoing of the two, and his sister Caroline Bamberger Fuld was most involved in the charity activities of the family.^[1]

Legacy and honors

The World War II Liberty Ship SS Louis Bamberger was named in his honor.

References

^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f ^g ^h ⁱ "An Enlightened Life of Selling and Giving". Knowing Newark:Charles F. Cummings. July 16, 1998. Retrieved 2019-04-28.
^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f ^g ^h ⁱ ^j ^k ^l ^m ⁿ Forgosh, Linda B. (2016-09-06). Louis Bamberger: Department Store Innovator and Philanthropist. Brandeis University Press. ISBN 9781611689822.
^ Hutzler, Charles S. (January 1980). "Family Tree of the Hutzler Family - Richmond, Virginia". Hutzler Family.
^ Burstyn, Joan N.; Jersey, Women's Project of New (1997). Past and Promise: Lives of New Jersey Women. Syracuse University Press. ISBN 9780815604181.
^ ^a ^b ^c Bertholf, Kenneth Jr.; Dorflinger, Don (2011-04-18). Blairstown and Its Neighbors. Arcadia Publishing. ISBN 9781439624227.
^ Roselló, Joan (2019-02-01). Hilbert, Göttingen and the Development of Modern Mathematics. Cambridge Scholars Publishing. ISBN 9781527527621.

External links

Media related to Louis Bamberger at Wikimedia Commons

[:0-1] ^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f ^g ^h ⁱ "An Enlightened Life of Selling and Giving". Knowing Newark:Charles F. Cummings. July 16, 1998. Retrieved 2019-04-28.

[:1-2] ^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f ^g ^h ⁱ ^j ^k ^l ^m ⁿ Forgosh, Linda B. (2016-09-06). Louis Bamberger: Department Store Innovator and Philanthropist. Brandeis University Press. ISBN 9781611689822.

[Tree-3] Hutzler, Charles S. (January 1980). "Family Tree of the Hutzler Family - Richmond, Virginia". Hutzler Family.

[4] Burstyn, Joan N.; Jersey, Women's Project of New (1997). Past and Promise: Lives of New Jersey Women. Syracuse University Press. ISBN 9780815604181.

[:3-5] Bertholf, Kenneth Jr.; Dorflinger, Don (2011-04-18). Blairstown and Its Neighbors. Arcadia Publishing. ISBN 9781439624227.

[6] Roselló, Joan (2019-02-01). Hilbert, Göttingen and the Development of Modern Mathematics. Cambridge Scholars Publishing. ISBN 9781527527621.

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-'''Louis Bamberger''' (15 May 1855 – 11 March 1944) was the leading citizen of [[Newark, New Jersey]], from the early 1900s until his death in 1944<ref name=":0">{{Cite web|url=https://knowingnewark.npl.org/an-enlightened-life-of-selling-and-giving/|title=An Enlightened Life of Selling and Giving|last=impressM|website=Charles Cummings|access-date=2019-04-28}}</ref><ref name=":1">{{Cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=FM-QDAAAQBAJ&pg=PA76&dq=wor+bamberger's+6th+floor&hl=en&sa=X&ved=0ahUKEwjKxKCTvvPhAhVST98KHUyaDZ0Q6AEIKjAA#v=onepage&q=wor&f=false|title=Louis Bamberger: Department Store Innovator and Philanthropist|last=Forgosh|first=Linda B.|date=2016-09-06|publisher=Brandeis University Press|isbn=9781611689822|language=en}}</ref><ref name=":2">{{Cite web|url=https://knowingnewark.npl.org/an-enlightened-life-of-selling-and-giving/|title=An Enlightened Life of Selling and Giving|last=impressM|website=Charles Cummings|access-date=2019-04-28}}</ref>.  He is noted for co-founding (with his sister [[Caroline Bamberger Fuld]]) the [[Institute for Advanced Study]] in Princeton, New Jersey<ref name=":0" /><ref name=":1" /><ref name=":2" />.  He was a businessman and philanthropist and at his death all flags in Newark were flown at [[half-staff]] for three days, and his large department store closed for a day<ref name=":1" />.
+'''Louis Bamberger''' (15 May 1855 – 11 March 1944) was a citizen of [[Newark, New Jersey]], from the early 1900s until his death in 1944.<ref name=":0">{{Cite web|url=https://knowingnewark.npl.org/an-enlightened-life-of-selling-and-giving/|title=An Enlightened Life of Selling and Giving|publisher=Knowing Newark:Charles F. Cummings|date=July 16, 1998|access-date=2019-04-28}}</ref><ref name=":1">{{Cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=FM-QDAAAQBAJ&q=wor&pg=PA76|title=Louis Bamberger: Department Store Innovator and Philanthropist|last=Forgosh|first=Linda B.|date=2016-09-06|publisher=Brandeis University Press|isbn=9781611689822|language=en}}</ref>  He and his sister [[Caroline Bamberger Fuld]] co-founded the [[Institute for Advanced Study]] in Princeton, New Jersey.<ref name=":0" /><ref name=":1" />  He was a businessman and philanthropist and at his death all flags in Newark were flown at [[half-staff]] for three days, and his large department store closed for a day.<ref name=":1" />
 ==Early life==
-Louis Bamberger was born in 1855 to a [[German Jewish]] family in [[Baltimore, Maryland]], the son of Theresa (née Hutzler) and Elkan Bamberger.<ref name=":0" /><ref name=":1" /> His mother belonged to the family that ran [[Hutzler Brothers ]] in Baltimore.<ref name=":0" /> His grandfather was [[Moses Hutzler]].<ref name=":0" /> He had six siblings: [[Caroline Bamberger Fuld]]; Clara "Lavinia" Bamberger; Rosa Bamberger; Julius Bamberger; Pauline Bamberger; and Julia Bamberger.<ref name=Tree>{{Cite web|first=Charles S. |last= Hutzler |authorlink=   |title=  Family Tree of the Hutzler Family - Richmond, Virginia |website=Hutzler Family|date=January 1980 |url=https://archive.org/stream/hutzlerfamilycol1412unse#page/n9/mode/2up/search/feist  |accessdate=}}</ref>
+Louis Bamberger was born in 1855 to a [[German Jewish]] family in [[Baltimore, Maryland]], the son of Theresa (née Hutzler) and Elkan Bamberger.<ref name=":0" /><ref name=":1" /> His mother belonged to the family that ran [[Hutzler Brothers ]] in Baltimore.<ref name=":0" /> His grandfather was [[Moses Hutzler]].<ref name=":0" /> He had six siblings: [[Caroline Bamberger Fuld]]; Clara "Lavinia" Bamberger; Rosa Bamberger; Julius Bamberger; Pauline Bamberger; and Julia Bamberger.<ref name=Tree>{{Cite web|first=Charles S. |last= Hutzler |authorlink=   |title=  Family Tree of the Hutzler Family - Richmond, Virginia |website=Hutzler Family|date=January 1980 |url=https://archive.org/stream/hutzlerfamilycol1412unse#page/n9/mode/2up/search/feist  }}</ref>
 ==Bamberger's==
-He came to Newark in 1892 and bought at auction a failing general goods store on Market Street, renaming it [[Bamberger's|L. Bamberger & Company]]<ref name=":0" /><ref name=":1" />, with his partners, brothers-in-law [[Felix Fuld]] and Louis M. Frank<ref>{{Cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=h-6WCBQPZdoC&pg=PA142&dq=1892+fuld+bamberger&hl=en&sa=X&ved=0ahUKEwjg5L2GxPPhAhXlpVkKHZWGBGMQ6AEIMDAB#v=onepage&q=1892%20fuld%20bamberger&f=false|title=Past and Promise: Lives of New Jersey Women|last=Burstyn|first=Joan N.|last2=Jersey|first2=Women's Project of New|date=1997|publisher=Syracuse University Press|isbn=9780815604181|language=en}}</ref><ref name=":1" />[[Bamberger's|,]]. The store was an immediate success, and Bamberger was able to open an ornate [[chateauesque]] building in 1912 that covered a whole city block<ref name=":1" />. For decades, Bamberger’s clock was the downtown meeting place for Newarkers<ref name=":1" />. In 1928, the store's sales were $28 million (equivalent to ${{Inflation|US|28|1928|r=0}} million in {{#expr:{{CURRENTYEAR}}-1}}), making it the fourth highest grossing store in the United States<ref name=":3">{{Cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=e5ngwPrK36AC&pg=PT159&dq=$28+million+bamberger&hl=en&sa=X&ved=0ahUKEwiZnNizxPPhAhUCneAKHetyBQoQ6AEIKjAA#v=onepage&q=$28%20million%20bamberger&f=false|title=Blairstown and Its Neighbors|last=Jr|first=Kenneth Bertholf|last2=Dorflinger|first2=Don|date=2011-04-18|publisher=Arcadia Publishing|isbn=9781439624227|language=en}}</ref>.
+He came to Newark in 1892 and bought at auction a failing general goods store on Market Street, renaming it [[Bamberger's|L. Bamberger & Company]],<ref name=":0" /><ref name=":1" /> with his partners, brothers-in-law [[Felix Fuld]] and Louis M. Frank.<ref>{{Cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=h-6WCBQPZdoC&q=1892+fuld+bamberger&pg=PA142|title=Past and Promise: Lives of New Jersey Women|last1=Burstyn|first1=Joan N.|last2=Jersey|first2=Women's Project of New|date=1997|publisher=Syracuse University Press|isbn=9780815604181|language=en}}</ref><ref name=":1" /> The store was an immediate success, and Bamberger was able to open an ornate [[chateauesque]] building in 1912 that covered a whole city block.<ref name=":1" /> For decades, Bamberger’s clock was the downtown meeting place for Newarkers.<ref name=":1" /> In 1928, the store's sales were $28 million (equivalent to ${{Inflation|US|28|1928|r=0}} million in {{#expr:{{CURRENTYEAR}}-1}}), making it the fourth highest grossing store in the United States.<ref name=":3">{{Cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=e5ngwPrK36AC&q=%2428+million+bamberger&pg=PT159|title=Blairstown and Its Neighbors|last1=Bertholf|first1=Kenneth Jr.|last2=Dorflinger|first2=Don|date=2011-04-18|publisher=Arcadia Publishing|isbn=9781439624227|language=en}}</ref>
-In 1929, Bamberger sold his department store to [[Macy's|R.H. Macy and Company]], which kept the original Bamberger name<ref name=":1" />. Bamberger knew that he owed his success to hundreds of able employees, and split $1 million among 240 employees<ref name=":1" />. The Bamberger name remained in use for the stores in the New Jersey division of Macy's until 1986<ref name=":1" />.
+In 1929, Bamberger sold his department store to [[Macy's|R.H. Macy and Company]], which kept the original Bamberger name.<ref name=":1" /> Bamberger knew that he owed his success to hundreds of able employees, and split $1 million among 240 employees.<ref name=":1" /> The Bamberger name remained in use for the stores in the New Jersey division of Macy's until 1986.<ref name=":1" />
 ==Charitable work==
-Bamberger supported both secular and Jewish charities<ref name=":1" />. Bamberger personally funded the buildings for Newark’s YMHA,  the [[Newark Museum]], and the New Jersey Historical Society<ref name=":1" />. He worked to help persecuted Jews escape from Germany's [[Third Reich]]<ref name=":3" />[[Third Reich|.]] Bamberger was also a major contributor to the Community Chest and Beth Israel Hospital<ref name=":3" />.
+Bamberger supported both secular and Jewish charities.<ref name=":1" /> Bamberger personally funded the buildings for Newark’s YMHA,  the [[Newark Museum]], and the New Jersey Historical Society.<ref name=":1" /> He worked to help persecuted Jews escape from Germany's [[Third Reich]].<ref name=":3" /> Bamberger was also a major contributor to the Community Chest and Beth Israel Hospital.<ref name=":3" />
 == Institute for Advanced Study ==
-Bamberger and his sister [[Caroline Bamberger Fuld]] worked with [[Abraham Flexner]] to found the [[Institute for Advanced Study]] in [[Princeton, New Jersey]]<ref>{{Cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=elyJDwAAQBAJ&pg=PA233&dq=institute+for+advanced+studies+bamberger&hl=en&sa=X&ved=0ahUKEwi1rYWjxvPhAhVPMt8KHZfPAD4Q6AEITTAH#v=onepage&q=institute%20for%20advanced%20studies%20bamberger&f=false|title=Hilbert, Göttingen and the Development of Modern Mathematics|last=Roselló|first=Joan|date=2019-02-01|publisher=Cambridge Scholars Publishing|isbn=9781527527621|language=en}}</ref>.  They gave a $5 million endowment to the Institute<ref name=":2" />. Upon Bamberger's death the bulk of his estate was left to the Institute<ref name=":0" />.
+[[File:Founders' Rock, Institute Woods, Institute for Advanced Study, Princeton, NJ.jpg|thumb|Founders' Rock at the Institute for Advanced Study, dedicated to him and his sister]]
+Bamberger and his sister [[Caroline Bamberger Fuld]] worked with [[Abraham Flexner]] to found the [[Institute for Advanced Study]] in [[Princeton, New Jersey]].<ref>{{Cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=elyJDwAAQBAJ&q=institute+for+advanced+studies+bamberger&pg=PA233|title=Hilbert, Göttingen and the Development of Modern Mathematics|last=Roselló|first=Joan|date=2019-02-01|publisher=Cambridge Scholars Publishing|isbn=9781527527621|language=en}}</ref>  They gave a $5 million endowment to the Institute. Upon Bamberger's death the bulk of his estate was left to the Institute.<ref name=":0" />
 == Personal life ==
-Bamberger was a shy man who never married and focused on running his store<ref name=":0" /><ref name=":1" />.  His partner [[Felix Fuld]] was the more outgoing of the two, and his sister [[Caroline Bamberger Fuld]] was most involved in the charity activities of the family<ref name=":0" />.
+Bamberger was a shy man who never married and focused on running his store.<ref name=":0" /><ref name=":1" />  His partner [[Felix Fuld]] was the more outgoing of the two, and his sister [[Caroline Bamberger Fuld]] was most involved in the charity activities of the family.<ref name=":0" />
 ==Legacy and honors==
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