Jan Carel Juta Explained

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]

References

  1. Web site: 5 April 2013. Jan Carel Juta (52), father of the publishing industry in SA, dies in Chiswick, London. 18 May 2021. South African History Online.
  2. Web site: Louise Leah Juta. 2021-05-18. geni_family_tree. en-US.
  3. Web site: Geboorteakte Jan Carel Juta, 23-03-1824 . Regionaal Archief Rivierenland . Dutch.
  4. Book: Who Was Who Volume III (1929-1940). Bloomsbury. 9781408193372.
  5. Web site: Juta. 2021-05-18. juta.co.za.