Isaac Goldsmid [SEP] place of birth
Isaac Goldsmid
Sir Isaac Lyon Goldsmid, 1st Baronet (13 January 1778 – 27 April 1859) was a financier and one of the leading figures in the Jewish emancipation in the United Kingdom.
Biography.
Biography Birth.
Isaac Goldsmid was born in London on 13 January 1778.
Biography Career.
He began in business with a firm of bullion brokers to the Bank of England and the East India Company. He amassed a large fortune, and was made "Baron da Palmeira" by the Portuguese government in 1846
money ran out and the Athenaeum idea was abandoned. Sillwood Place, a northern continuation of Oriental Place and another Wilds project, occupies the intended site.
Projects The Anthaeum.
"Unable to forget his dream" of a gigantic domed conservatory, Phillips revisited the idea in the 1830s. Launching his scheme under a slightly different name, the Anthaeum (meaning flower-house), he secured land and finance from Sir Isaac Goldsmid, 1st Baronet and engaged Amon Henry Wilds as architect. The site provided by Goldsmid was in