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Catherine Nicks
Catherine Nicks (died 1709) was an English businessperson. She has been referred to as the first woman entrepreneur in Madras. She was listed in 1678 as one of five English single women in Madras. She married John Nicks (d. 1711), an associate of governor Elihu Yale, with whom she had four children. Despite being a married woman and thereby under the guardianship of her husband, Catherine Nicks conducted business in her own named independently from her spouse and was active as a merchant, having invoices and accounts in her own name, trading in textiles and diamonds. It appears as she acted as the business agent of Yale, selling supplies embezzled from the company. From 1689, when the governor's wife had returned to England, Catherine Nicks and Jacques (Jaime) de Paiva (Pavia) Jacques (Jaime) de Paiva (Pavia, Paivia), a Paradesi Jews, Paradesi Jew of Madras, was a Portuguese Jewish diamond and coral merchant from History of the Jews in Amsterdam, Amsterdam belonging to the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Madras
Chennai, also known as Madras ( its official name until 1996), is the capital and largest city of Tamil Nadu, the southernmost state of India. It is located on the Coromandel Coast of the Bay of Bengal. According to the 2011 Indian census, Chennai is the sixth-most-populous city in India and forms the fourth-most-populous urban agglomeration. Incorporated in 1688, the Greater Chennai Corporation is the oldest municipal corporation in India and the second oldest in the world after London. Historically, the region was part of the Chola, Pandya, Pallava and Vijayanagara kingdoms during various eras. The coastal land which then contained the fishing village Madrasapattinam, was purchased by the British East India Company from the Nayak ruler Chennapa Nayaka in the 17th century. The British garrison established the Madras city and port and built Fort St. George, the first British fortress in India. The city was made the winter capital of the Madras Presidency, a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Elihu Yale
Elihu Yale (5 April 1649 – 8 July 1721) was a British Americans, British-American Colonialism, colonial administrator. Born in Boston, Massachusetts, Yale lived in America only as a child, and spent the rest of his life in England, Wales, and India. He became a clerk for the East India Company at Fort St. George, later Chennai, Madras, and eventually rose to the Madras Presidency, Presidency of the settlement. He was later removed from the post under charges of corruption for self-dealing, and required to pay a fine. In 1699, he returned to Britain with a considerable fortune, around £200,000 (equivalent to £ in ), mostly made by selling diamonds, and spent his time and wealth in philanthropy and art collecting. He was the primary benefactor of Yale College, now Yale University, which was named in his honor, following a donation of books, portraits, and textiles at the request of Rev. Cotton Mather, a Harvard University graduate. He had no male heir, and no descendants o ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jacques (Jaime) De Paiva (Pavia)
Jacques (Jaime) de Paiva (Pavia, Paivia), a Paradesi Jews, Paradesi Jew of Madras, was a Portuguese Jewish diamond and coral merchant from History of the Jews in Amsterdam, Amsterdam belonging to the Western Sephardim, Amsterdam Sephardic community. He was married to Hieronima de Paiva. After de Paiva's death, his wife Hieronima de Paiva, also a Portuguese Jew, fell in love with Elihu Yale, Governor of Madras, and went to live with him, causing quite a scandal within Madras colonial society. Governor Yale later achieved fame when he gave a large donation to the University of New Haven in Connecticut, which was then named after him – Yale University. Hieromima de Paiva and the son she had with him died in South Africa. Golconda diamonds De Paiva established good relations with East India Company (EIC) and those in power, which enabled him to buy several mines to source Golconda diamonds. Through his efforts, Jews were permitted to live and trade Golconda diamonds and corals wi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Hieronima De Paiva
Elihu Yale (5 April 1649 – 8 July 1721) was a British-American colonial administrator. Born in Boston, Massachusetts, Yale lived in America only as a child, and spent the rest of his life in England, Wales, and India. He became a clerk for the East India Company at Fort St. George, later Madras, and eventually rose to the Presidency of the settlement. He was later removed from the post under charges of corruption for self-dealing, and required to pay a fine. In 1699, he returned to Britain with a considerable fortune, around £200,000 (equivalent to £ in ), mostly made by selling diamonds, and spent his time and wealth in philanthropy and art collecting. He was the primary benefactor of Yale College, now Yale University, which was named in his honor, following a donation of books, portraits, and textiles at the request of Rev. Cotton Mather, a Harvard University graduate. He had no male heir, and no descendants of his have survived past his grandchildren. In the 21st ce ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
