Meyer Oppenheim

Meyer Oppenheim (December 28, 1905 – May 24, 1982)[1] was a financier and philanthropist in Edinburgh, Scotland. He was chairman of James Grant & Co and Argyle Securities.

The family lived in The White House in Barnton which was later owned by David Murray and then the writer J.K. Rowling.[2]

Oppenheim bought the Royal Lyceum Theatre in 1960. He planned to demolish the building but later transferred ownership to the city in 1964.[3] [4]

He established the Meyer Oppenheim Trust and the Water of Leith Walkway Trust. A plague on the walkway commemorates his contribution.[5]

He endowed the Royal Scottish Academy with an annual RSA Meyer Oppenheim Prize for work in any medium by an artist under the age of 35.[6]

He is buried in Piershill Cemetery, Scotland.[1]

References
  1. "Scottish Jewish Cemeteries - Piershill Cemetery". scottishjewishcemeteries.org. Retrieved November 24, 2021.
  2. "Edinburgh History–Craigmillar in the 1940s". www.edinphoto.org.uk. Retrieved November 21, 2021.
  3. Fair, Alistair (November 1, 2016). "'An object lesson in how not to get things done': Edinburgh's Unbuilt 'Opera House', 1960–75". Architectural Heritage. 27 (1): 91–117. doi:10.3366/arch.2017.0084. hdl:20.500.11820/d1c7d68e-97d8-4406-a80e-c99ad29cbe9c. ISSN 1350-7524.
  4. "Royal Lyceum Theatre Edinburgh". www.historictheatrephotos.com. Retrieved November 21, 2021.
  5. "Geograph:: Memorials on a wall © Stephen Craven cc-by-sa/2.0". www.geograph.org.uk. Retrieved November 21, 2021.
  6. "Exhibition Awards". RSA Annual Online. Retrieved November 21, 2021.
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