Meyer Solomon
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Michael Solomon was a successful Bishopsgate
manufacturer, and was one of the first Jews to be admitted to the freedom of the City of London.
Solomon's family arrived in England from Europe, possibly Holland or Germany, sometime at the end of the eighteenth century.
His wife's name was Catherine (Kate) Levy, and he was the father of eight children. Three of these—Abraham
, Rebecca
, and Simeon
—became notable painters, their other children were named Aaron, Betsy, Isaac, Ellen, and Sylvester.
Solomon lived among a well established Jewish community, in No. 3 Sandys Street, Bishopsgate, London, and his considerable wealth allowed him to be accepted by London society while maintaining their heritage. His business concern was as a manufacturer of Leghorn hats.
Bishopsgate
Bishopsgate is a road and ward in the northeast part of the City of London, extending north from Gracechurch Street to Norton Folgate. It is named after one of the original seven gates in London Wall...
manufacturer, and was one of the first Jews to be admitted to the freedom of the City of London.
Solomon's family arrived in England from Europe, possibly Holland or Germany, sometime at the end of the eighteenth century.
His wife's name was Catherine (Kate) Levy, and he was the father of eight children. Three of these—Abraham
Abraham Solomon
-Life:Born as the second son of Meyer Solomon, a Leghorn hat manufacturer, by his wife Catherine, in Sandys Street, Bishopsgate, London, on the 7th May 1823. His father was one of the first Jews to be admitted to the freedom of the city of London. Two members of the family besides Abraham became...
, Rebecca
Rebecca Solomon
Rebecca Solomon was an English painter.-Biography:Rebecca was one of eight children born into an artistically-inclined Jewish merchant family. Her father was Michael Solomon and mother Catherine Levy...
, and Simeon
Simeon Solomon
Simeon Solomon was an English Pre-Raphaelite painter-Biography:...
—became notable painters, their other children were named Aaron, Betsy, Isaac, Ellen, and Sylvester.
Solomon lived among a well established Jewish community, in No. 3 Sandys Street, Bishopsgate, London, and his considerable wealth allowed him to be accepted by London society while maintaining their heritage. His business concern was as a manufacturer of Leghorn hats.