What is Edgar Jaffé?
{{Infobox officeholder | name = Edgar Jaffé | image = Edgar Jaffé, 1902.png | alt = Edgar Jaffé in 1902, facing left and looking towards the camera | caption = Jaffé in 1902 | office = Minister of Finance | termstart = 21 November 1918 | termend = 17 March 1919 | primeminister = [[Kurt Eisner]] | predecessor = | successor = <!-- should not be filled until the successor takes office--> | birth_date = {{birth date|1866|5|14|df=y}} | birth_place = [[Hamburg]] | death_date = {{death date and age|1921|4|29|1866|5|14|df=y}} | death_place = [[Ebenhausen (Schäftlarn)|Ebenhausen]], [[Weimar Republic]] | party = [[Independent Social Democratic Party of Germany]] | spouse = {{marriage|[[Else von Richthofen]]|1902|<!--his death; omitted-->}} | children = 3 }} '''Edgar Jaffé''' (14 May 1866 – 29 April 1921) was a German [[economist]] and [[politician]]. He was born in [[Hamburg]] to a Jewish family in Barcelona and Paris. Later he went to [[Manchester]] and worked at a [[textile]] mill. He became rich from this and went to [[Heidelberg]] in 1900. He became a [[teacher]] there. == General sources == * {{Cite journal |last=Demm |first=Eberhard |date=January 2017 |title=Max and Alfred Weber and Their Female Entourage |journal=Max Weber Studies |volume=17 |issue=1 |pages=64–91 |doi=10.1353/max.2017.a808647 |issn=1470-8078 |jstor=10.15543/maxweberstudies.17.1.64 |s2cid=171435083 |id={{Project MUSE|808647}}}} * {{Cite book |last=Jaeger |first=Hans |title=Neue Deutsche Biographie |publisher=Duncker & Humblot |year=1974 |isbn=9783428001811 |volume=10 |location=Berlin |pages=290–291 |language=de |chapter=Jaffé, Edgar |oclc=310770467 |chapter-url=https://www.deutsche-biographie.de/gnd118711431.html}} * {{Cite web |last=Lilla |first=Joachim |title=Jaffé, Edgar |url=https://verwaltungshandbuch.bavarikon.de/VWH/Jaff%C3%A9,_Edgar |website=Staatsminis