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David Theomin
David Edward Theomin (né David Ezekiel Benjamin, 25 April 1852 &#x2013; 15 July 1933) was a notable New Zealand merchant, philanthropist and collector. He was born in Bristol, England, in 1852. One of his two children was Dorothy Michaelis Theomin. Theomin has been described as "one of the Dunedin Jewish community's most generous and public-spirited businessmen". Lois Galer attributes his success to "like others who had come to these shores at the height of the gold boom, he was simply in the right place at the right time."

New Zealand poet and editor Charles Brasch, was related to Theomin through???, and recalled him as follows: "He was a jolly bouncy little man who liked a bit of swank perhaps but was kindly and quite without side." Theomin's grand family home Olveston was left to the people of Dunedin on his daughter's death in xxxx, is now a museum in Dunedin, with most of the original furnishings and collections intact.

Early life and emigration
Theomin was born in Bristol in 1852, to parents Joseph Benjamin, an Orthodox rabbi, and Joseph's second wife Esther Braham. Theomin's father had emigrated from Fraustadt in 1831 to Sheerness as Joseph Benjamin Theomin, but had dropped part of the name later. Theomin was educated at the Bristol Grammar School. In 1874, he emigrated to Melbourne to join his older half-brother Abraham, and worked in a wholesale jewellery business. In 1878 Theomin visited Dunedin and was attracted to settle there by the business opportunities and the climate. On route from Auckland to Lyttelton, Theomin was shipwrecked in the Bay of Plenty on the Taranaki, although the £5,000-worth of jewellery he had with him was saved.

Theomin returned to Melbourne where he married Mary Ann Michaelis (12 October 1955 – death date, known as Marie) in her family home Linden (now a council-owned art gallery) on 21 January 1879. Marie was the eldest daughter of linen merchant Moritz Michaelis and Rahel Gotthelf, who had emigrated to Melbourne from Lügde in 1853. Moritz Michaelis opened a tannery in Footscray with Isaac Hallenstein. The bonds between the Michaelis and Hallenstein families were strengthened through marriage, as Marie's aunt Helen Michaelis married Isaac's father Reuben Hallenstein, and Marie's sister Lucie married Isaac's son (also Reuben). This connected Theomin to the Michaelis, Fels, De Beer, Brasch and Halsted families, who were all important in Dunedin business and cultural life. Marie's twin sisters Florence and Helene married into the Hart and Hallenstein families, and both lived on Royal Terrace very close to Marie's home, Olveston.

New Zealand
In 1879 the Theomins came to Dunedin. In 1881 they moved into a villa on Royal Terrace, which they named Olveston.

First business venture was the general importing firm of David Theomin & Co, operating from Dowling Street. Shortly afterwards he established Dresden Pianoforte Manufacturing and Agency Company (later renamed the Bristol Piano Company during World War I), which had branches throughout the country. The company sold pianos, harmoniums and organs, and published sheet music, including some work by local composers. although the music-importation and instrument manufacturing of Charles Begg and George West was already successful in the city. The company provided studio space for music teachers and held concerts in an auditorium in the Salmond and Vanes designed building 67–69 Princes Street.

With his father-in-law and relatives Hallenstein and Farquhar he also set up Sawyers Bay Tannery, which later changed its name to Glendermid Ltd. The Bristol Piano Company went into voluntary liquidation in 1939 but the tannery continued to be successful.

Theomin was president of the Dunedin Chamber of Commerce 1901–2. He represented the Chamber of Commerce at the inauguration of the Federation of the Australian States in 1901?, and at the coronation of Edward VII in 1902. For 27 years he was one of three commissioners of the fund designed to help Dunedin pay down its debts, the Dunedin City Sinking Fund.

Olveston
Took two years, architect from UK, etc. Jacobean house with Arts and Crafts influences. The design, the fittings and the vast majority of the contents were imported. Leaving of house to daughter, with desire to leave to city. Dorothy made the will leaving Olveston to the city 20 years before her death (Galer) making it 13 years after her father's death - so was it his wish?

Charitable stuff
Theomin was the leader of the southern Jewish congregation and for many years president of the Dunedin City Council (what does that mean??)(Jewish lives).

Donated funds to Dunedin Public Art Gallery, was office-bearer in the society, and supported artists through shows and purchases (see Dorothy book for list). Although he may or may not have sung himself, he supported the Royal Dunedin Male Choir and was president for a time, was gifted gold lyre and clasp.

See C Brasch. Indirections: A Memoir 1909-1947, Oxford University Press, Wellington, 1980

'One of the Dunedin Jewish community's most generous and public-spirited businessmen".

Death and legacy
Theomin died at home in xxxx.

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MLA Braisher, T L. A Thesis on How to Cite Dissertations in Different Styles. 1965. University of Wikicite, Doctoral thesis. Repository@Wikicite.

Chicago Braisher, T L. "Dissertations and why They Matter." Masters of Everything Science, University of Wikicite, 1964.

ALA Braisher, T. L. (1964). A nation's dissertations: Why your thesis matters (Publication No. 123456) [MSc thesis, University of Wikicite]. Repository@Wikicite. URL