Frida Mond (1847 – 16 May 1923)[1] was a German-born patron of the arts, who gave significant bequests to the British Academy[2] and King's College London,[3] during her lifetime and upon her death.

[1] 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'.

[5] 'Ludwig’s scientific eminence and curiosity were matched on Frida’s part by an equally passionate enthusiasm for literature and art',[2] and the trio led 'a lavish life of travelling, entertaining and collecting', regularly spending winters at the Palazzo Zuccari, Rome.

[2] Frida Mond bequeathed 300 books relating to German literature, particularly Friedrich Schiller and Johann Wolfgang von Goethe, to King's College London, as well as statues of Sappho and Sophocles.

[7] Frida also left a lifetime annuity of £300 per year to her friend, the sculptor Anna Dabis, who had created a bust of Mond (now in the collection of King's College London).