Editing Bernard Baruch (section)

==Early life and education==
Bernard Baruch was born on August 19, 1870, in [[Camden, South Carolina]] to a [[American Jews|Jewish]] family.<ref name="CUNY">[http://www.baruch.cuny.edu/library/alumni/online_exhibits/digital/2008/bernard/exhibit1.html City University of New York: The Baruch Family] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141228164812/http://www.baruch.cuny.edu/library/alumni/online_exhibits/digital/2008/bernard/exhibit1.html|date=December 28, 2014}} retrieved March 29, 2015 |''Annie was Episcopalian and Bernard was Jewish. Annie's father never gave his consent and did not attend their wedding, however eventually he was forced to admit that he had been wrong. Bernard and Annie latter agreed that they would raise their two daughters Episcopalian and let their son decide for himself.''</ref><ref name="JewishVirtual">[https://www.jewishvirtuallibrary.org/jsource/biography/baruch.html Jewish Virtual Library: "Bernard Baruch (1870–1965)"] retrieved March 29, 2015</ref> His parents were Belle (née Wolfe) and [[Simon Baruch]], a physician, Confederate soldier and a member of the [[Ku Klux Klan]].<ref name="CUNY" /><ref>{{Cite web |last=Kyzer |first=Kevin |date=2011-11-16 |title=Fascinating Baruch Family Subject of New SCETV Film |url=https://www.postandcourier.com/free-times/archives/fascinating-baruch-family-subject-of-new-scetv-film/article_b57b08a7-2e6d-509d-b37a-779d07500528.html |access-date=2023-05-24 |website=Post and Courier |language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=ISJL – South Carolina Camden Encyclopedia |url=https://www.isjl.org/south-carolina-camden-encyclopedia.html |access-date=2023-05-24 |website=Goldring/Woldenberg Institute of Southern Jewish Life |language=en}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |title=Bernard Baruch's Father Dies in N.Y. |url=https://pqasb.pqarchiver.com/freep/access/1784474822.html?FMT=ABS&FMTS=ABS:AI&type=historic&date=Jun+04%2C+1921&author=&pub=Detroit+Free+Press+(1858-1922)&desc=BERNARD+BARUCH%27S+FATHER+DIES+IN+N.+Y.&pqatl=google |archive-url=https://archive.today/20130131141503/http://pqasb.pqarchiver.com/freep/access/1784474822.html?FMT=ABS&FMTS=ABS:AI&type=historic&date=Jun+04,+1921&author=&pub=Detroit+Free+Press+(1858-1922)&desc=BERNARD+BARUCH'S+FATHER+DIES+IN+N.+Y.&pqatl=google |url-status=dead |archive-date=January 31, 2013 |quote=Dr. Simon Baruch, noted physician and father of Bernard M. Baruch, financier died at 1:10 this afternoon from an of the lungs complicated by heart disease. |newspaper=[[The New York Times]] |access-date=November 19, 2012 }}</ref> Bernard was the second of four sons, including brothers [[Herman B. Baruch]], Sailing Wolfe Baruch, and Hartwig Nathaniel Baruch.<ref>{{cite news |title=Hartwig Baruch, 84 |url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=L2g1AAAAIBAJ&pg=4837,2467208&dq=bernard+baruch+dies&hl=en |quote=... brother of elder statesman Bernard Baruch, who died at his home here yesterday. Baruch, was a retired member of the New York Stock Exchange. He was the oldest charter ... |newspaper=[[Times-News (Hendersonville, North Carolina)|The Times-News]] |date=March 2, 1953 |access-date=November 19, 2012 }}</ref><ref>{{cite news |title=Sailing Baruch Dies, Brother of Bernard |url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=TywyAAAAIBAJ&pg=3009,4877298&dq=bernard+baruch+dies&hl=en |quote=Mr. Baruch, died yesterday in Mercy Hospital of heart dis ease. He was the brother of Bernard Baruch, 92-year-old financier and advisor of presidents from ... |newspaper=[[The Miami News]] |date=June 15, 1962 |access-date=November 19, 2012 }}{{Dead link|date=September 2023 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}</ref>

In 1879, the family moved from Camden to New York City, where Bernard and his brothers attended local schools. He studied at and graduated from the [[City College of New York]].