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Benjamin Guggenheim was an American businessman who was a member of the Guggenheim family. He was among the most prominent American passengers aboard the British ocean liner RMS Titanic and perished along with 1,495 others when the ship sank on her maiden voyage.
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business · American businessman and ''Titanic'' passenger (1865–1912) · entrepreneur · also Benjamin Guggenheim, Guggenheim
Born 26 October 1865 · Died 15 April 1912 · Q455187
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Died 1912-04-15.
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Marguerite "Peggy" Guggenheim (1898–1979)
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Guggenheim married Florette Seligman (1870–1937), daughter of James Seligman, a senior partner in the firm J
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Born 1865-10-26.
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