Julius Jeppe

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Sir Julius Gottlieb Ferdinand Jeppe (* July 1859 in Rostock ; † September 2, 1929 in London ) was a German-born mining and real estate entrepreneur and a patron in South Africa .

Life

Julius Jeppe was a member of the branching family around Carl Friedrich Wilhelm Jeppe , who worked as an advisor on economic issues to the Grand Duke of Mecklenburg-Schwerin .

Jeppe came to Transvaal as a child . There he grew up in Pretoria . As a young man, Jeppe took part in the Sekhukhune War around 1877. He took his first professional steps as an employee of Schiffman & Company in Pretoria, where he finally managed to rise to the management level.

When the first gold discoveries were made by Europeans on the Witwatersrand , he and his brother Carl Jeppe began exploring and developing land in the Johannesburg region. With their syndicate, the Jeppe brothers controlled large areas of land called "Randjeslaagt". After the areas were recognized as unworthy of mining for mining, they developed urban settlement land there. Julius Jeppe teamed up with the entrepreneur LP Ford. They founded the company Ford & Jeppe , which later became better known under the name Johannesburg Township Company (German: Johannesburg-Vorstadt-Firmen). From their real estate development activities, the now central districts of Fordsburg and Jeppestown emerged under Jeppes leadership .

In addition to his diverse entrepreneurial activities, he was active in local political contexts. Elected as a member of the Johannesburg City Council since 1889, he was able to devote himself to municipal economic issues in the field of services of general interest . As a member of the board of directors of the Rand Water Board , he played a leading role in the development of Johannesburg's water supply. Jeppe also served on the Sanitary Board of Johannesburg and Johannesburg Hospital Board . He also held a seat on the board of directors of the Witwatersrand Chamber of Mines , of which he was one of the founding members.

During the Second Boer War , Julius Jeppe was the chairman of the Transvaal Red Cross . In his later years, Jeppe worked with Abe Bailey , a leading mining company in the diamond business . Since 1905 they have been partners with the Witwatersrand Township Estate and Finance Corporation . From 1919 the company was called South African Townships, Mining and Finance Corporation and Jeppe ran it until his death.

family

In 1891 he married Grace Cowen. The couple had three sons and two daughters.

Honors

  • Johannesburg : Jeppestown and Jeppestown South districts
  • Johannesburg: Jeppe High School for Girls and Jeppe High School for Boys , both in Kensington
  • Pretoria : Julius Jeppe Street in the Waterkloof district
  • 1922 accolade for Knight Bachelor ( "Sir") for his valuable role in the development of Johannesburg

Individual evidence

  1. ^ A b c South African History Online: Sir. Julius Jeppe . on www.sahistory.org.za (English)
  2. ^ A b Mike Alfred: The History of the Jeppe Family . on www.theheritageportal.co.za (English)
  3. ↑ Eric Rosenthal : Southern African Dictionary of National Biography . Frederick Warne & Co. , London, New York, 1966, p. 187

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personal data
SURNAME Jeppe, Julius
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Jeppe, Julius Gottlieb Ferdinand (full name)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION South African real estate entrepreneur and magnate
DATE OF BIRTH July 1859
PLACE OF BIRTH Rostock
DATE OF DEATH September 2, 1929
Place of death London