Editing Benjamin Guggenheim (section)

==Early life==
Guggenheim was born in [[Philadelphia]], Pennsylvania, the fifth of seven sons of the wealthy mining magnate [[Meyer Guggenheim]] and Barbara. Meyer Guggenheim's parents were [[Jewish]].<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.jpost.com/Jewish-World/Jewish-Features/The-Titanic-and-Jews|title = The Titanic and Jews| date=April 15, 2012 }}</ref> His father was a [[History of the Jews in Switzerland|Swiss Jew]] born in [[Lengnau, Aargau]], [[Switzerland]]<ref name="Davis1994">{{cite book |last1=Davis |first1=John H. |title=The Guggenheims: An American Epic |date=1994 |publisher=S.P.I. Books |location=New York |isbn=9781561713516 |url=https://archive.org/details/guggenheims00john |url-access=registration |access-date=11 September 2019 |language=en}}</ref> and his mother was a [[History of the Jews in Germany|German Jew]]. Meyer Guggenheim met Barbara Meyers (1834–1900),{{contradict other|Meyer Guggenheim|date=August 2024}} a fellow immigrant on the ship to the United States, and married her four years later around 1852.<ref name="Reme2002">{{cite book |last1=Reme |first1=Jim |last2=Navarra |first2=Tova |last3=R.N |first3=Tova Navarra |title=Monmouth University |date=2002 |publisher=[[Arcadia Publishing]] |isbn=9780738510101 |page=29 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=z93qr5lMTggC&pg=PA29 |access-date=11 September 2019 |language=en}}</ref> Benjamin was the first member of his family to enter an institute of higher learning, he entered [[Columbia College (New York)|Columbia College]] in 1882, matriculating with the class of 1887. However, he found most of his courses boring and dropped out after his second year.<ref>{{Cite book|last=University|first=Columbia|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=Z8BBAAAAYAAJ&q=Guggenheim+&pg=PP5|title=Catalogue of Matriculants who Have Not Graduated, 1758-1897|date=1897|publisher=Published for the University|language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=mGQdAQAAIAAJ&q=benjamin+guggenheim+columbia&pg=PA13|title=Annual Register of the Officers and Students of Columbia College|date=1884|publisher=Columbia College|location=New York City|pages=13|language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite book|last=Davis|first=John H.|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=Y0_8a63XTD4C&q=Columbia&pg=PA434|title=The Guggenheims: An American Epic|date=August 1994|publisher=SP Books|isbn=978-1-56171-351-6|pages=201|language=en}}</ref> He also attended the Peirce School of Business (now [[Peirce College]]), then one of the most prominent business schools in the country.<ref>{{Cite web|last=Everts|first=Bart|title=What do a wealthy Titanic passenger, a world tennis champion, and a 90's rapper have in common? Peirce College of course!|url=http://blog.peirce.edu/2015/02/what-do-wealthy-titanic-passenger-world.html|access-date=2020-06-25|archive-date=June 28, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200628124034/http://blog.peirce.edu/2015/02/what-do-wealthy-titanic-passenger-world.html|url-status=dead}}</ref> 
In 1894, he married Florette Seligman (1870–1937),<ref>[http://www.encyclopedia-titanica.org/item/3383/ Guggenheim-Seligman : New York Times (1894) – October 25, 1894]</ref> daughter of James Seligman, a senior partner in the firm [[J. & W. Seligman & Co.]] and Rosa Seligman, née Content. Her family originated in Baiersdorf, Franconia, Germany. Together, they had three daughters: Benita Rosalind Guggenheim (1895–1927), [[Peggy Guggenheim|Marguerite "Peggy" Guggenheim]] (1898–1979) and [[Hazel Guggenheim McKinley|Barbara Hazel Guggenheim]] (1903–1995).

Guggenheim inherited a great deal of money from his mother. Due to business concerns, he grew distant from his wife and was frequently away from their New York City home. He maintained an apartment in Paris, France.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.biography.com/people/benjamin-guggenheim-283816|title=Benjamin Guggenheim|access-date=February 16, 2012|publisher=biography.com|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120331222345/http://www.biography.com/people/benjamin-guggenheim-283816|archive-date=March 31, 2012|url-status=dead}}</ref>