Jacqueline Piatigorsky

Jacqueline Piatigorsky
Piatigorsky in 1966
Born
Jacqueline Rebecca Louise de Rothschild

(1911-11-06)November 6, 1911
DiedJuly 15, 2012(2012-07-15) (aged 100)
Brentwood, Los Angeles, California
NationalityFrench American
Spouses
(m. 1930; div. 1935)
(m. 1937)
ChildrenJephta Piatigorsky (b. 1937)
Joram Piatigorsky (b. 1940)
Parent(s)Édouard de Rothschild and Germaine Alice Halphen
RelativesDaniel B. Drachman (son-in-law)

Jacqueline Rebecca Louise Piatigorsky (née de Rothschild; November 6, 1911 – July 15, 2012) was a French-American chess player, author, sculptor, philanthropist, and arts patron.[1] She was a member of the Rothschild banking family of France.[1]

  1. ^ a b Hough, Randy (July 19, 2012). "Chess Benefactor Jacqueline Piatigorsky Dies at 100". United States Chess Federation. Retrieved July 22, 2012.