Person
Myer, Simcha Baevski (1878 - 1934)
- Born
- 8 February 1878
Krichev, Russia - Died
- 5 September 1934
Toorak, Victoria, Australia - Occupation
- Merchant and Philanthropist
- Alternative Names
- Myer, Sidney
Summary
Simcha Baevski (Sidney) Myer was Governing Director of the Myer Emporium Ltd, Melbourne, the Myer Woollen Mills Pty Ltd of Ballarat, Victoria, and the Myer Emporium (South Australia) Ltd, which was acquired in 1928. In 1926 he presented the University of Melbourne with 25,000 shares in the Myer Emporium Ltd, asking the University authorities not to sell the shares until their value reached at least £100,000.
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Published resources
Book Sections
- Hyslop, Anthea, 'Myer, Simcha (Sidney) Baevski (1878-1934), merchant and philanthropist' in Australian dictionary of biography, volume 10: 1891 - 1939 Lat-Ner, Bede Nairn and Geoffrey Serle, eds (Melbourne: Melbourne University Press, 1986), pp. 657-660. https://adb.anu.edu.au/biography/myer-simcha-baevski-sidney-7721. Details
Resources
- Wikidata, http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q4274796. Details
- VIAF - Virtual International Authority File, OCLC, https://viaf.org/viaf/75123291. Details
- 'Myer, Sidney Baevski (1878-1934)', Trove, National Library of Australia, 2009, https://nla.gov.au/nla.party-1468291. Details
See also
- Academy of Technological Sciences and Engineering, Technology in Australia 1788-1988, Online edn, Australian Science and Technology Heritage Centre, Melbourne, 3 May 2000, http://www.austehc.unimelb.edu.au/tia/index_m.html. Details
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Created: 25 May 2001, Last modified: 2 August 2006
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