Jan Carel Juta | |
Birth Date: | 23 March 1824 |
Birth Place: | Zaltbommel, Netherlands |
Death Date: | 7 April 1886 |
Death Place: | Chiswick, London |
Occupation: | Publisher, bookseller |
Children: | 7, including Henry |
Parents: | Hubertus Johannes Juta Marie Albertine Offers |
Relatives: | Karl Marx (brother-in-law) |
Jan Carel Juta (23 March 1824 – 7 April 1886) was a Dutch-South African publisher, bookseller and brother-in-law of Karl Marx.[1]
He was born in Zaltbommel, Netherlands. He married his wife Louise Juta on 5 June 1853 in a civil ceremony in Trier, Germany.[2] [3]
Jan Carel and Louise had seven children, including the future Sir Henry Juta QC, a barrister and senior Judge in the South African courts, who also served as Speaker of the Parliament of Cape Colony.[4]
Juta died on 7 April 1886 in Chiswick, London.
Juta Publishing is still trading, and is one of South Africa's leading academic and law publishers.[5]