Marcos Perez
Marcos Pérez (* 1527 in Antwerp , † 1572 in Basel ) was an entrepreneur from Antwerp in Basel.
life and work
Marcos Pérez was a merchant and banker of Spanish-Jewish origin in Antwerp. Around 1560 he converted from Catholicism to Calvinism. In 1567 he settled in Basel as a religious refugee, where he acquired citizenship a year later. From here he coordinated the fight against the Spanish troops in the Netherlands. His project for a large silk manufacture in Basel, where religious refugees could have been employed in large numbers, failed because his condition of setting up his own Calvinist pastor was not accepted.
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| SURNAME | Perez, Marcos |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Perez, Marco |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Swiss entrepreneur |
| DATE OF BIRTH | 1527 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Antwerp |
| DATE OF DEATH | 1572 |
| Place of death | Basel |