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== Cyclopedia of Biblical, Theological and Ecclesiastical Literature <ref name="term_45873" /> == | |||
<p> a Parsee merchant prince and great philanthropist, who was born of poor parents at Bombay, July 15, 1783, and at the age of twenty had already amassed a fortune which secured him the universal acknowledgment as the "first merchant in the East," spent a good portion of his fortune in the endowment of schools and hospitals. From 1822 to 1858 he is reported to have spent "upwards of a quarter of a million pounds sterling in founding, endowing, or supporting undertakings of a purely benevolent character;" but what is more noteworthy still is that this Parsee merchant by no means confined his charitable efforts to his own confession: Christian, Hindu, and Mussulman also shared the benefits of his magnanimous acts. In 1857 queen [[Victoria]] conferred on him the honor of knighthood the first occasion on which that dignity was bestowed on an Eastern. He died April 15,1859. </p> | <p> a [[Parsee]] merchant prince and great philanthropist, who was born of poor parents at Bombay, [[July]] 15, 1783, and at the age of twenty had already amassed a fortune which secured him the universal acknowledgment as the "first merchant in the East," spent a good portion of his fortune in the endowment of schools and hospitals. From 1822 to 1858 he is reported to have spent "upwards of a quarter of a million pounds sterling in founding, endowing, or supporting undertakings of a purely benevolent character;" but what is more noteworthy still is that this Parsee merchant by no means confined his charitable efforts to his own confession: Christian, Hindu, and [[Mussulman]] also shared the benefits of his magnanimous acts. [[In]] 1857 queen [[Victoria]] conferred on him the honor of knighthood the first occasion on which that dignity was bestowed on an Eastern. [[He]] died [[April]] 15,1859. </p> | ||
== The Nuttall Encyclopedia <ref name="term_75256" /> == | |||
<p> [[Indian]] philanthropist, a [[Parsee]] by birth and creed, born in Bombay; realised a fortune as a merchant, and employed it in releasing debtors from jail by paying their debts, and in founding a hospital and schools; in 1857 was made a baronet (1783-1859). </p> | |||
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<ref name="term_45873"> [https://bibleportal.com/encyclopedia/cyclopedia-of-biblical-theological-and-ecclesiastical-literature/jeejeebhoy,+sir+jamsetjee Sir Jamsetjee Jeejeebhoy from Cyclopedia of Biblical, Theological and Ecclesiastical Literature]</ref> | <ref name="term_45873"> [https://bibleportal.com/encyclopedia/cyclopedia-of-biblical-theological-and-ecclesiastical-literature/jeejeebhoy,+sir+jamsetjee Sir Jamsetjee Jeejeebhoy from Cyclopedia of Biblical, Theological and Ecclesiastical Literature]</ref> | ||
<ref name="term_75256"> [https://bibleportal.com/encyclopedia/the-nuttall-encyclopedia/jeejeebhoy,+sir+jamsetjee Sir Jamsetjee Jeejeebhoy from The Nuttall Encyclopedia]</ref> | |||
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Revision as of 20:16, 11 October 2021
Cyclopedia of Biblical, Theological and Ecclesiastical Literature [1]
a Parsee merchant prince and great philanthropist, who was born of poor parents at Bombay, July 15, 1783, and at the age of twenty had already amassed a fortune which secured him the universal acknowledgment as the "first merchant in the East," spent a good portion of his fortune in the endowment of schools and hospitals. From 1822 to 1858 he is reported to have spent "upwards of a quarter of a million pounds sterling in founding, endowing, or supporting undertakings of a purely benevolent character;" but what is more noteworthy still is that this Parsee merchant by no means confined his charitable efforts to his own confession: Christian, Hindu, and Mussulman also shared the benefits of his magnanimous acts. In 1857 queen Victoria conferred on him the honor of knighthood the first occasion on which that dignity was bestowed on an Eastern. He died April 15,1859.
The Nuttall Encyclopedia [2]
Indian philanthropist, a Parsee by birth and creed, born in Bombay; realised a fortune as a merchant, and employed it in releasing debtors from jail by paying their debts, and in founding a hospital and schools; in 1857 was made a baronet (1783-1859).
