Wikipedia's first sentence called it “german-jewish private-banker”. Today it says “german-jewish private banker”. The one-line description Wikipedia serves to search engines and AI systems read “German-Jewish private banker (1812–1900)”. It now reads “German-Jewish private banker (1812–1900) Baron”.
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German-Jewish private banker (1812–1900) For the writer, see Moritz Cohn . Baron Moritz von Cohn (19 September 1812 - 29 April 1900) was a German-Jewish private banker. Cohn was born in Wörlitz , in the Duchy of Anhalt-Dessau . As the proprietor of a private bank in Dessau , he advanced to be court-banker to the dukes of Anhalt and also over several decades administered the private fortune of the Prussian crown prince and later emperor Wilhelm I . He thus also made himself a strong financier of the capital for railroad construction, then developing in Germany. He died in Dessau , aged 87.
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The opening as it stood in 2010
As the proprietor of a private bank in Dessau, he advanced to be court-banker to the dukes of Anhalt and also over several decades administered the private fortune of the Prussian crown prince and later emperor Wilhelm I . He thus also made himself a strong financier of the capital for railroad construction, then developing in Germany.
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The opening as it stood in 2015
As the proprietor of a private bank in Dessau, he advanced to be court-banker to the dukes of Anhalt and also over several decades administered the private fortune of the Prussian crown prince and later emperor Wilhelm I . He thus also made himself a strong financier of the capital for railroad construction, then developing in Germany.
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The opening as it stood in 2020
Cohn was born in Wörlitz . As the proprietor of a private bank in Dessau, he advanced to be court-banker to the dukes of Anhalt and also over several decades administered the private fortune of the Prussian crown prince and later emperor Wilhelm I . He thus also made himself a strong financier of the capital for railroad construction, then developing in Germany. He died in Dessau , aged 87.
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