JEEJEEBHOY, SIR JAMSETJEE

JEEJEEBHOY, SIR JAMSETJEE
   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).

The Nuttall Encyclopaedia. . 1907.

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