Louis Bamberger was Newark, New Jerseys leading citizen from the early 1900s until his death in 1944. He is noted for cofounding the Institute for Advanced Study in Princeton, New Jersey. He was a businessman and philanthropist and at his death all flags in Newark were flown at halfstaff for three days, and his large department store closed for a day.
Louis Bamberger was born in Baltimore, Maryland in 1855, to German Jewish parents Elkan Bamberger and Theresa Hutzler.
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