Prof. Dr. Otto Nathan

Male15 July 1893–27 January 1987

Brief Life History of Otto

When Prof. Dr. Otto Nathan was born on 15 July 1893, in Bingen am Rhein, Mainz-Bingen, Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany, his father, Jacob Nathan, was 33 and his mother, Sara Freiberg, was 25. He immigrated to New York City, New York, United States in 1948 and lived in Trenton, Mercer, New Jersey, United States in 1935 and New York City, New York County, New York, United States in 1950. He died on 27 January 1987, in New York City, New York, United States, at the age of 93.

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Family Time Line

Jacob Nathan
1860–1959
Sara Freiberg
1868–1961
Fritz Nathan
1891–1960
Prof. Dr. Otto Nathan
1893–1987

Sources (10)

  • Otto Nathan, "United States 1950 Census"
  • Otto Nathan, „New York, New York Passenger and Crew Lists, 1909, 1925-1957“
  • Otto Nathan, „New York, New York Passenger and Crew Lists, 1909, 1925-1957“

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World Events (8)

1913 · The Woolworth Building Opens as the Tallest Building in the World

Age 20

At 792 feet above Broadway, the Woolworth Building became the tallest building in the world and held the record for 17 years. The Woolworth Building was overshadowed by the Chrysler Building at 1,046 feet in 1930 and the Empire State Building at 1,454 feet in 1931. Retailer and mogul Frank W. Woolworth commissioned the Woolworth Building in 1910 with the intent of his namesake building to be the tallest in the world. The 13 million dollar project was financed in cash by Woolworth which allowed him freedoms in the design and construction of the ornate, gothic building. An opening ceremony was held on April 24, 1913 at which President Woodrow Wilson pressed a button from the White House and lit the historic building in New York City.

1914

Age 21

Archduke Franz Ferdinand of Austria-Hungary and his wife were assassinated in Sarajevo, Bosnia-Herzegovina provoking World War I.

1918

Age 25

Armistice ending World War I.

Name Meaning

Jewish, Assyrian/Chaldean, English, French, and German: from the Biblical personal name Natan (Nathan in English, French, and German), meaning ‘given (by God)’ in Hebrew. In Europe, the personal name was comparatively rare among non-Jews in the Middle Ages (although always common among Jews); as a modern surname it is most frequently Jewish. Sometimes this is also a Jewish short form of the personal name Jonathan or Nathaniel .

Indian (mainly southern states): from a personal name derived from Sanskrit nātha ‘lord’. — Note: Since South Indians traditionally do not have hereditary surnames, the southern Indian name was in most cases registered as such only after immigration of its bearers to the US.

Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.

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