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Nathan Mayer Rothschild
Wikipedia's first sentence called it “london financier and one of the founders of the international rothschild banking dynasty”. Today it says “british-german banker”. The one-line description Wikipedia serves to search engines and AI systems read “German-born British banker”. It now reads “German-born British financier (1777–1836)”.
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Nathan Mayer Rothschild, 1st Baron Rothschild (1840-1915) Nathan Mayer Rothschild ( September 16 , 1777 - July 28 , 1836 ) was a London financier and one of the founders of the international Rothschild banking dynasty.1 He was born in the Frankfurt-am-Main ghetto, the fourth child of Mayer Amschel Rothschild (1744-1812) and Gutle Schnapper (1753-1849).2
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Wikipedia's first sentence called it “london financier and one of the founders of the international rothschild banking dynasty”. Today it says “british-german banker”. The one-line description Wikipedia serves to search engines and AI systems read “German-born British banker”. It now reads “German-born British financier (1777–1836)”. Read the current article and compare.
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london financier and one of the founders of the international rothschild banking dynasty
Now
british-german banker
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