Jeppe Prætorius

Jeppe Prætorius
Engraving by Andreas Flint
Born Hamburg, Holy Roman Empire
Died 6 April 1823(1823-04-06) (aged 77)
Copenhagen, Denmark
Nationality Danish
Occupation Industrialist, merchant, ship owner, ship builder
Awards Grand Cross of the Dannebrog

Jeppe Prætorius (4 July 1745 – 6 April 1823) was a Danish merchant and shipowner.

Biography

Jeppe Prætorius' ship Kongen af Assianthe, 1803

Prætorius was born in Skærbæk near Tønder in Jutland. He moved to Copenhagen where he became bookkeeper for the Danish West India Company in 1796 before establishing his own trading house. He mainly traded on the Danish colonies and was involved in the liquidisation of Østersøiske-Guineiske Selskab in 1787. His fleet had a total ship tonnage of more than 200 kommercelæster (just over 500 t) in 1797. The war with England in 1807 hit his business hard but he managed to jeep it afloat. In 1802 he was elected to a leading post in Grosserersocietetet.[1]

Property

Overgaden Neden Vandet 39, Christianshavn

He purchased the property at Overgaden neden Vandet 39 in 1892.[2]

Aftermath

Præstotius' two sons, Henrik Frederik Prætorius (30 March 1783 – 24 February 1862) Jacob Christian Prætorius (12 December 1784 /mdasj; 23 March 1859), took over the company after his death. Henrik Frederik Prætorius was later elected to the board of representatives of Bank of Denmark and served as its bank manager under L. N. Hvidt. He was also a member of Stænderforsamlingen in Roskilde in 1838, 1842 and 1844.

References

  1. ↑ "Jeppe Prætorius". Dansk Biografisk Leksikonk (in Danish). Retrieved 23 January 2018.
  2. ↑ "Overgaden neden Vandet 39" (in Danish). Danish Maritime Museum. Retrieved 23 January 2018.
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