David Sassoon Library are named after him. David Sassoon died in his country house in Pune in 1864 and was buried in a mausoleum at the Ohel David Synagogue. His business interests were inherited by his son Sir Albert Sassoon; Elias David had established a rival firm. His grandson David Solomon Sassoon was a renowned bibliophile. Some of the prominent Buildings built by David Sasoon and his family are: David Sassoon Library & reading room, Fort Mumbai Magen David Synagogue, Byculla, Mumbai Jacob Sasooon High School, Byculla, Mumbai E.E.E. Sassoon High School, Byculla, Mumbai David Sassoon Hospital, JJ Hospital Premises, Byculla, Mumbai Masina Hospital, Byculla, Mumbai Knesset Eliyahoo Synagogue, Colaba, Mumbai Sassoon Dock, Colaba, Mumbai The Bank of India, Fort (head office), Mumbai The David Sassoon Reformary and Deaf school, Matunga, Mumbai Ohel David Synagogue, Pune Sassoon Hospital, Pune Lady Rachel Sassoon Dispensary, Pune David Sassoon Elderly and Destitute Persons Home (1863), Pune (today's Nivara Old Age Home) Sassoon House They have contributed to the construction of: Gateway of India Sassoon Building of Elphinstone Technical High School, Mumbai The Institute of Science, Mumbai Clock Tower at The Victoria Gardens The Victoria and Albert Museum See also Sassoon family David Sassoon & Co. E.D. Sassoon & Co. History of opium in China References Chiara Betta 'Marginal Westerners in Shanghai: the Baghdadi Jewish community, 1845-1931' in Robert Bickers and Christian Henriot New Frontiers: imperialism's new communities in East Asia, 1842-1953 (Manchester University Press 2000: pp. 38–54), p.38ff. Oxford Dictionary of National Biography, Sassoon family Biography from the Tata Institute of Fundamental Research Jewish Encyclopedia.com External links David Sasoon in the Jewish Encyclopedia 1792 births 1864 deaths Iraqi Jews People from Baghdad Bibliophiles David Founders of Indian schools and colleges Immigrants to British India Emigrants from the Ottoman Empire Indian Jews Baghdadi Jews