Adolph Salomonsohn

Adolph Salomonsohn (19 March 1831 – 4 January 1919) was a German lawyer, banker and businessperson. Salomonsohn was one of 8 siblings.

Next to Adolph von Hansemann, Salomonsohn was influential in the nascent stock market activities in German banking. He was especially active in the funding of the Gotthard railway and remained a member of the administrative board of the Gotthard railway society until 1909. Salomonsohn was also a member of the administrative board of the Norddeutsche Bank, the "Union AG für Bergbau" (Dortmund), the potash works Aschersleben and the "Gelsenkirchener Bergwerks-AG", whose director Emil Kirdorf was a close friend. Salomonsohn was the uncle of the banker , and great-great-uncle of the American writer Arthur R.G. Solmssen.

On 4 January 1919 Salomonsohn died in Berlin, German Empire (present-day Germany) aged 87.