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Elias David Sassoon | |
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אליהו דוד ששון | |
 David Sassoon (seated) and sons, including Elias David Sassoon (left) | |
| Born | 27 March 1820 |
| Died | 21 March 1880 (aged 59) |
| Resting place | Bombai |
Elias David Sassoon (27 March 1820 – 21 March 1880), an Indianmerchant andbanker born inBaghdad, was the second son ofDavid Sassoon, an Iraqi-Indianphilanthropist Jewish businessman involved in trade in India and theFar East, with branches atCalcutta,Shanghai, Canton, andHong Kong; and his business, which included a monopoly of theopium-trade, extended as far asYokohama,Nagasaki, and other cities inJapan.
He was the first of his siblings to assist the family business's expansion intoChina when he opened a branch of the business there in 1844. He was also involved in his father's business inBombay, India. In 1867, Elias established his own business called "E.D. Sassoon & Co.", starting to trade in dried fruits,nankeen, metals, tea, silk, spices andcamphor from modest offices in Bombay and Shanghai.[1]
In 1878 he established theJewish Cemetery, Chinchpokli,[2] in memory of his son Joseph, who had died atShanghai in 1868.[3]
Elias died inGalle,British Ceylon in 1880. He had married Leah Gubbay and was father toJacob Elias Sassoon andEdward Elias Sassoon, amongst others. His daughter Hannah marriedSassoon David.
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