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Guggenheim
(go͝ogˈən-hīmˌ)
Family of American industrialists and philanthropists, including Meyer (1828-1905), who amassed the family fortune in the copper industry. His sons Daniel (1856-1930) and Simon (1867-1941) and his granddaughter Marguerite (1898-1979), known as “Peggy,” were patrons of the arts. The family endowed the Guggenheim Museum of Modern Art in New York City (1959).