Redigerer Harry Guggenheim (avsnitt)

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Harry Guggenheim var sønn av [[Daniel Guggenheim]] og [[Florence Guggenheim]].<ref name="DGObit1930">{{cite news |last1=Photo |first1=Special Cable to THE NEW YORK TIMES Underwood & Underwood |title=DANIEL GUGGENHEIM DIES SUDDENLY AT 74 OF HEART DISEASE; Philanthropist, Capitalist and Patron of the Arts Succumbs at Port Washington Home. SET UP AERONAUTICS FUND $2,500,000 Gift the Basis of Important Research--Liberal Donor to Many Charities. HE WON WEALTH IN MINING A Friend of Labor, He Had Wide Interests in Industry--Leaders in Many Fields Pay Tribute. A Life of Usefulness. DANIEL GUGGENHEIM DIES SUDDENLY AT 74 Began Work in Switzerland. Was Progressive in Business. Many Business Connections. An Ardent Humanitarian. Devoted to Art. Aeronautics School Created. PHILANTHROPIST CALLED BY DEATH. BRITISH PRAISE GUGGENHEIM. Newspapers Pay Tribute to His Aid to Aviation. |url=https://www.nytimes.com/1930/09/29/archives/daniel-guggenheim-dies-suddenly-at-74-of-heart-disease.html |accessdate=10. april 2020 |work=[[The New York Times]] |date=29. september 1930}}</ref> Han hadde en eldre bror, [[Meyer Robert Guggenheim]] (som ble ambassadør til Portugal), og en yngre søster, [[Gladys Guggenheim Straus]]. Faren overtok kontrollen med Guggenheimfamiliens forretningfer etter bestefarens død i 1905,<ref name="DGObit1930"/> og hans mor var medgrunnlegger og president for [[Daniel and Florence Guggenheim Foundation|Guggenheim Foundation]] og kasserer for [[Women's National Republican Club]] fra dens tilblivelse i 1921 og frem til 1938.<ref name="FSGjwa">{{cite web |title=Florence Shloss Guggenheim |url=https://jwa.org/people/guggenheim-florence |website=jwa.org |publisher=[[Jewish Women's Archive]] |accessdate=10. april 2020 |archive-date=2020-04-10 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200410170453/https://jwa.org/people/guggenheim-florence |url-status=yes }}</ref>

Han ble uteksaminert fra [[Columbia Grammar School]] på [[Manhattan]] i 1907, og fortsatte deretter studiene ved Sheffield Scientific School på [[Yale University]]. Han tok pause fra studiene for å arbeide i tre år som metallurg ved det familieeide selskapet American Smelting and Refining Company i [[Mexico]]. I 1910 satte han seg atter på skolebenken for å fortsette sine studier ved [[Pembroke College (Cambridge)|Pembroke College]] ved [[Cambridge University]] hvorfra han ble uteksaminert i 1913.