Sir Otto Beit in his study at Belgrave Square by William Orpen, 1913, Johannesburg Art Gallery
49 Belgrave Square, Beit's London house
Sir Otto John Beit, 1st Baronet, KCMG, FRS[1] (7 December 1865 – 7 December 1930) was a German-born British financier, philanthropist and art connoisseur.[2]
^b., J. R. (1932). "Sir Otto John Beit. 1865-1930". Obituary Notices of Fellows of the Royal Society. 1: 60–62. doi:10.1098/rsbm.1932.0012.
^Fraser, Maryna (2004). "The Oxford Dictionary of National Biography". Oxford Dictionary of National Biography (online ed.). Oxford University Press. doi:10.1093/ref:odnb/30677. (Subscription or UK public library membership required.)
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