Simon Sinas

Nacimiento 15 de agosto de 1810

Viena (Imperio austríaco)

Fallecimiento 15 de abril de 1876

(65 años)
Viena (Imperio austrohúngaro)

Sepultura Rappoltenkirchen Castle

Nacionalidad Húngara

Simon Sinas

Información personal
Nacimiento	15 de agosto de 1810 Viena (Imperio austríaco)
Fallecimiento	15 de abril de 1876 (65 años) Viena (Imperio austrohúngaro)
Sepultura	Rappoltenkirchen Castle
Nacionalidad	Húngara
Familia
Padre	Georgios Sinas
Información profesional
Ocupación	Diplomático, banquero y político
Cargos ocupados	Member of the House of Magnates Miembro de la Cámara de los Señores de Austria (1874-1876)
Miembro de	Academia de Ciencias de Hungría
Distinciones	Caballero de la Orden Nacional de la Legión de Honor Caballero de segunda clase en brillantes de la Orden de Santa Ana Orden de San Miguel de Baviera Orden de la Corona de Hierro (Austria) Orden de la Medjidie Orden del Salvador Orden imperial de Leopoldo
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Simon von Sina o Simon Sinas (en griego: Σίμων Σίνας; 1810-1876) fue un banquero austríaco, aristócrata, benefactor y diplomático de origen griego.^[1] Patrocinó instituciones científicas (especialmente astronómicas) en su país.

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1 2 Dent, 2007, p. 9: "...Count Simon Sina, a banker, aristocrat and landowner of Greek origin, and one of the wealthiest men of his day. His father, George Sina had been a chief financier backing the construction of the Chain Bridge."
1 2 3 4 5 Killy y Vierhaus, 2005, p. 346: "Sina, Simon Georg, from 1832 onwards Baron von Hodos und Kisidia, Austrian banker, * 15.8.1810, Vienna; † 15.4.1876, Vienna. S., the son of Georg Simon → S., founded the banking house of Simon Georg Sina in Vienna and was director of the Austrian National Bank. In 1864 he financed the return transport of the Austrian troops from Schleswig-Holstein following the German-Danish War. S. was a member of the board of management of the General Hungarian Credit Bank and the board of administration of the Rossitz mining company. He was also a member of the executive senate of the Hungarian Academy of Sciences and the Academy of Fine Arts in Vienna. S. held a seat in the Austrian Herrenhaus from 1874 onwards."
1 2 Killy y Vierhaus, 2005, p. 346: "Sina, Georg Simon, from 1832 onwards Baron von Hodos und Kisidia, Austrian banker, y* 20.11.1782, Moschopolis; † 18.5.1856, Vienna. S., the son of a merchant, worked mainly in the banking sector. Together with Salomon Mayer von → Rothschild, he was involved in all state loans and their associated share issues from 1830 onwards. He owned numerous domains in Lower Austria, Bohemia, Moravia and Hungary and possessed shares in a large number of financial and economic ventures. Among other things, he was deputy governor of the Austrian National Bank and president of the State Railway Company. He played a leading role in the expansion of the Hungarian railway network and financed the construction of the Chain Bridge over the Danube between Buda and Pest, which was built between 1842 and 1849. After Rothschild, S. was regarded as the second richest man in Austria. He was the father of Simon Georg → S."
1 2 Moscow Patriarchate, 1978, p. 84: "A son of the rich Greek family of Sina, Simon Sina the Younger did many good works, contributing large sums of money for the building of Athens University and the Hungarian Academy of Sciences, the Art Gallery, the Institute for the Blind, hospitals, schools and in particular Orthodox Churches and other ecclesiastical institutions."
↑ «Η Ίδρυση του Αστεροσκοπείου Αθηνών» (en griego). Εθνικόν Αστεροσκοπείον Αθηνών. 2013.
↑ Rükl y Rackham, 1991, p. 98: "Sinas [8.8°N, 31.6°E] Simon Sinas, 1810–1876. Greek merchant, patron of astronomers, bequeathed Athens Observatory. Circular crater (12.4 km/2260 m)."

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Dent, Bob (2007). Budapest: A Cultural History. Oxford: Oxford University Press. ISBN 0-19-531494-8.
Killy, Walther; Vierhaus, Rudolf, eds. (2005). Dictionary of German Biography (Volume 9: Schmidt – Theyer). Munich: K.G. Saur (Walter de Gruyter). ISBN 9783110966299.
Moscow Patriarchate (1978). The Journal of the Moscow Patriarchate. Moscow: Moscow Patriarchate.
Rükl, Antonín; Rackham, T.W. (1991). Atlas of the Moon. London: Hamlyn. ISBN 9780600571902.

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