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The story of how Max Warburg became head of the family-owned bankhouse, although his brother was supposed to take over the business, was often told: When he was 12 years old, the one year older Aby offered Max his birthright for the promise to buy all the books Aby would ever need. Max accepted,and...

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spelling oapen-20.500.12657-275782023-03-24T13:14:10Z "Es muß besser werden!". Aby und Max Warburg im Dialog über Hamburgs geistige Zahlungsfähigkeit Michels, Karen Nümann, Ekkehard W. Wissenschaftliche Stiftung, Hamburgische 19th century 20th century Aby Warburg Max Warburg Hamburg university library Bankhouse M. M. Warburg & Co. foundation culture science politics Hamburgische Wissenschaftliche Stiftung bic Book Industry Communication::H Humanities::HB History The story of how Max Warburg became head of the family-owned bankhouse, although his brother was supposed to take over the business, was often told: When he was 12 years old, the one year older Aby offered Max his birthright for the promise to buy all the books Aby would ever need. Max accepted,and - as he later said - issued "the biggest blank cheque in my life". The paths of life of the two brothers spilt into different directions. Aby built his library into a research institute. Max developed M. M. Warburg & Co., thus the bankhouse becoming one of the most important private banks in Germany. At Simultaneously, they both pursued another goal: the foundation of the university. The brothers were among the early donors of the Hamburg Scientific Foundation (Hamburgische Wissenschaftliche Stiftung). It was all about "Hamburg's mental capacity" ("Hamburgs geistige Zahlungsfähigkeit"). 2018-11-15 03:00:32 2020-04-01T11:57:21Z 2020-04-01T11:57:21Z 2015 book 1002427 OCN: 1083010475 9783943423853 http://library.oapen.org/handle/20.500.12657/27578 ger Mäzene für Wissenschaft application/pdf 1002427.pdf hup.sub.uni-hamburg.de/purl/HamburgUP_MfW17_Warburg Hamburg University Press 10.15460/HUP.MFW.17.157 10.15460/HUP.MFW.17.157 35685259-3553-4bae-af55-685815864a93 9783943423853 17 Hamburg open access
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