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Date transcribed2011-05-01
Transcribed byPeter Bailey
CommentNote that notables of Indian, Afghan, etc. origin do not always follow the alphabetical name pattern established by Buckland in his original work.

Surname  Jijibhai    
First Name(s)  Jamsetji    
Titles  Sir, Baronet    
Year of Birth  1783    
Year of Death  1859    
Entry  Born July 15, 1783, of poor but respectable parents, at Nowsari in Baroda, the birthplace of the Parsi religion in India : lived with his father-in-law in Bombay. Realizing that large profits in trade could only be made by dealings with foreign countries, he visited China at the age of 16. He was twice taken prisoner by the French, but released. In 1807, after three voyages to China, he set up business in Bombay, and in twenty years amassed a large fortune. He gave away his wealth liberally, founding hospitals, schools, refuges, and in other works of benevolence. In 1842 he was knighted. In 1855 he was presented with the freedom of the City of London. In 1856 a statue was erected to him in the Town Hall of Bombay. It was owing principally to his munificence that the Causeway connecting Bombay with Salsette was erected. In 1858 he was made a Baronet, the highest honour ever conferred on a native of India : he died April 14, 1859.     
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