page_title: Moses Melchior (1825–1912)
section_title: Personal life and legacy
hierarchical_section_title: Moses Melchior (1825–1912) / Personal life and legacy
caption_attribution_description: English: Relief of Moses Melchior on memorial un the Kildevæld Quarter of Copenhagen, Denmark
context_page_description: Moses Melchior was a Jewish Danish businessman. He was a co-owner of Moses & Søn G. Melchior, a trading house founded by his grandfather.
context_section_description: Moses Melchior remained unmarried and had no children. As part of the Melchior family, Moses Melchior was a close friend of the writer Hans Christian Andersen. He participated in the celebration of his 65 years birthday. Melchior died on 25 November 1912 and is buried in the Jewish Northern Cemetery in Copenhagen.
  An obelisk in the centre of the Kildevæld Quarter commemorates his role in the establishment of Arbejdernes Byggeforening. The memorial is from 1916 and was created by Ludvig Brandstrup.
  He is seen in Laurits Tuxen's oil painting Middag hos Moresco (1906).
caption: The memorial to Ulrik and Moses iat Kildevældsgade
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