Frida Mond

Frida Mond (1847 – 16 May 1923) was a German-born patron of the arts, who gave significant bequests to the British Academy and King's College London, during her lifetime and upon her death. Life Frida Mond was born Frederike Löwenthal in Cologne, Germany in 1847, the only child of Adolf Meyer Loewenthal. In 1866, she married her cousin Ludwig Mond, a chemist, manufacturer, and art collector, and the couple moved to England. Ludwig and Frida had two children: Robert Ludwig (1867-1938), who became a chemist and archaeologist, and Alfred Moritz (1868-1930), a company director and politician. Though Frida and Ludwig had been raised in the Jewish faith, once in England they relinquished religion, including banning the Bible from their household 'because its cruel stories and allegories were considered unsuitable reading'. Frida's close friend and former schoolmate, Henriette Hertz joined the family in England, participating in their cultural, artistic, and intellectual pursuits, and providing vital company for Frida.