Moritz Freiherr von Hirsch auf Gereuth, commonly known as Maurice de Hirsch, was a German Jewish financier and philanthropist who set up charitable foundations to promote Jewish education and improve the lot of oppressed European Jewry. He was the founder of the Jewish Colonization Association, which sponsored large-scale Jewish immigration to Argentina.
- Occupation
- businessperson, philanthropist, banker, entrepreneur
- Citizenship
- Kingdom of Bavaria, France
- Born
- December 9, 1831
- Died
- April 21, 1896
