Henri Cernuschi
Enrico Cernuschi, frz. / Engl. Henri Cernuschi, [ tʃɛrnuski ] ( born February 19, 1821 in Milan, † May 12 1896 in Menton, Cote d' Azur ) was an Italian- French economist, politician, banker and art collector.
Cernuschi was born as the son of wealthy parents, and should be a lawyer according to his intent. During his studies he came into contact with the revolutionary movement in Italy. He was an avid Garibaldians in riots in Milan (1848 ) and Rome ( 1849) involved. In Rome he had a seat in the National Assembly. After the failure of the revolutionary government, he was arrested in 1850, fled to France after a year of captivity in Civitavecchia and in the Castel Sant'Angelo. Here he was naturalized and acquired through trade and banking a large fortune. He was employed first at Arago, later at Crédit Mobilier. He was the founder (along with Adrien Delaware Hate and Edmond Joubert ) of the Banque de Paris ( 1872 merged with the Banque de Crédit et de dépôt des Pays -Bas Banque de Paris et des Pays -Bas, the later Paribas ).
He played a role in the resistance against the Socialist movement in France. He had to flee again in 1870, after he had used a large sum to equip a committee, which should combat the Napoleonic plebiscites. With the establishment of the Third Republic in September 1870, he was able to return. He left but soon Paris for an extended trip to the Far East.
Along with the art critic Théodore Duret and journalists he toured Egypt, China, Japan, Java, Ceylon and India. From this trip Cernuschi brought numerous works of art to France with 1873, which he later donated to the city of Paris. This collection of Asian art is now on display at the Musée Cernuschi.
In 1876 he toured the United Kingdom, 1877, the United States, where he gave lectures on economic issues. Cernuschi is known for his publications on financial issues, in particular on the question of bimetallism, in which he was a proponent of silver-based. The word itself said to have been used at least in the form in English in one of its publications for the first time, Silver Vindicated (1876 ).
Works
- Réponse à une accusation portée par Mr. de Cavour ( 1861)
- Mécanique de l' échange (1855 )
- Contre le billet de banque, Deposition et notes (1866 )
- Illusions des sociétés coopératives (1866 )
- Discourse (1871 )
Later he dealt exclusively with the currency question. He campaigned for a contract to be introduced by a general double standard ( bimetallism ). In addition, he wrote:
- Or et argent (1874 )
- La question monétaire en Allemagne (1875 )
- Silver vindicated (1876 )
- Mr. Michel Chevalier et le bimétallisme (1876 )
- La diplomacy monétaire en 1878 (1878)
- Le Bimétallisme en Angleterre (1879 )
- Le bimétallisme à quinze et demi
- Le Grand procs de l' Union latine (1884 )
- And other pamphlets.
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