What is Alfred Loewenstein?
{{Infobox person | name = Alfred Loewenstein | image = Weekblad Pallieter - voorpagina 1926 38 loewenstein.jpg | image_size = | caption = Loewenstein (by Jos De Swerts, 1926) | birth_name = Alfred Léonard Loewenstein | birth_date = {{birth date|df=yes|1877|03|11}} | birth_place = [[Brussels]], Belgium | death_date = {{death date and age|df=yes|1928|07|04|1877|03|11}} | death_place = [[North Sea]] | occupation = banker, entrepreneur | alma_mater = | boards = | net worth = | signature = | signature_size = }} '''Alfred Léonard Loewenstein''' {{post-nominals|country=GBR|CBh}} (11 March 1877 – 4 July 1928)<ref>{{Cite web|title=Généalogie de Alfred Léonard LOEWENSTEIN|url=https://gw.geneanet.org/quentinhayois?lang=fr&n=loewenstein&oc=0&p=alfred+leonard|access-date=2020-10-20|website=Geneanet|language=fr}}</ref> was a Belgian banker and businessman. Loewenstein was worth around £12 million in the currency of the time (equivalent to £{{Inflation|UK|12|1928|r=2}}&nbsp;million in {{Inflation/year|UK}}), making him the third richest person in the world at the time.<ref name=autogenerated1>{{cite news|title=LOWENSTEIN'S TRAGIC END SHAKES EUROPE'S MARKETS; SUICIDE THEORY IS RAISED: CAPTAIN ALFRED LOWENSTEIN|work=New York Times|date=6 July 1928|page=1}}</ref> Loewenstein died on 4 July 1928 after his body fell out of his private plane that was travelling over the [[North Sea]], aged 51.<ref name=autogenerated1/> The reason why he fell out of the plane is unknown as [[murder]], accidental or [[suicide]] have been not been ruled out.<ref>{{cite book | last =Norris | first =William | title =The Man Who Fell From the Sky | url =https://archive.org/details/manwhofellfromsk0000norr | publisher =Viking | date =1987 | page =[https://archive.org/details/manwhofellfromsk0000norr/page/2 2] | isbn =9780670813698 }}</ref> ==References== {{reflist}} {{DEFAULTSORT:Loewenstein, Alfred}} [[Category:1877 births]] [[Category:1928 deaths]] [[Category:Deaths from falls]] [[Category:Belgian businesspeop