Editing Basil Zaharoff (section)

== Philanthropy ==
Zaharoff was a major financial benefactor to various institutions:

*  Chair of Aviation at the University of Paris (cost: [[French franc|FF]] 700,000)
*  Chair of Aviation at [[Saint Petersburg State University]]
*  Chair of Aviation at [[Imperial College London|Imperial College, London]]
*  Chair of [[French Literature]] at [[Oxford University]]
*  Chair of [[English Literature]] at the [[University of Paris]]
*  Donation of £20,000 to refurbish Paris Zoo's monkey house (initially treated as a hoax by Zoo staff who left the cheque in a drawer for two months)<ref>{{cite news|title=GIFT TREATED AS A JOKE|url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article66609819?searchTerm=zaharoff|access-date=20 April 2014|newspaper=The Advocate|date=18 December 1920}}</ref> 
*  Financial contribution to studying aviation problems in England (cost: £125,000)
*  The construction of a War Hospital at [[Biarritz]] ([[French franc|FF]] 200,000)<ref>[[Otto Lehmann-Russbüldt]]: ''War for profits'', 1930, S. 55</ref><ref>Richard Lewinsohn: ''The man behind the scenes: the career of Sir Basil Zaharoff''</ref>
*  Donation towards building the Greek Embassy in Paris
*  Help for the earthquake victims at [[Corinth]], Greece
*  Establishing the ''Institut Pasteur à Athènes'' in 1919