Henri Gradis
Moïse Henri Gradis (30 July 1823 – 23 January 1905) was a French businessman and historian. LifeMoïse Henri Gradis was born on 30 July 1823 in Bordeaux.[1] He came from a family of prominent Portuguese-Jewish Bordeaux merchants who had flourished in the 18th century but were ruined by the French Revolution and the insurrections in Santo Domingo and Martinique.[2][3] His parents were Benjamin Gradis (1789–1858) and Laure Sarah Rodrigues Henriquès (1803–46). In 1853 he married Claire Brandame (1835–1925). Their son was Raoul Gradis (1861–1943).[1] Their daughter Emma Gradis married Georges Schwob d'Héricourt in 1889.[4] The Maison Gradis recovered, and by 1892 was selling sugar from several producers in Bordeaux, Nantes and Marseille.[5] Henri Gradis was deputy mayor of Bordeaux in 1864 and 1876.[1] He was also the author of a history of Bordeaux and several other literary works.[6] His history of the 1848 revolution won praise for its accuracy and lack of bias.[7] Moïse Henri Gradis died in Paris in 1905.[1] He was succeeded at the Maison Gradis by his son Raoul.[8] Publications
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