!!!Eskeles, Bernhard Freiherr von

b. Vienna, Feb. 12, 1753, 
d. Hietzing near Vienna, Aug. 7, 1839, banker, son of a rabbi. 
Educated in Amsterdam, became part owner and later full owner of a 
bank in Vienna; financial advisor to Joseph II and Franz II, and 1816 
co-founder of the Austrian  National Bank and 1819 of the  Erste 
oesterreichische Spar-Casse bank. His former residence in Vienna is 
now the Jewish Museum ( Jewish Museums).

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