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Joseph Jonas died in August 1921 because of a stroke and is buried in All Saints Church, Ecclesall. | Joseph Jonas died in August 1921 because of a stroke and is buried in All Saints Church, Ecclesall. | ||
Read his obituary in [[The Engineer 1921/09/02]]. | |||
== See Also == | == See Also == |
Revision as of 10:18, 26 November 2014
Sir Joseph Jonas (1845-1921) founder of Jonas and Colver
1845 Jonas was born in Bingen am Rhein, Prussia
He was Jewish and left his home country in 1867 to avoid military service. He went to Sheffield in about 1870 to start a steel business. He prospered and with partners ran the Jonas and Colver, which by 1890 was one of the most successful in the area, particularly with its production of high speed steel.
He became a naturalized British citizen in 1876. The same year he married Lucy Ann Earle: they had 5 sons and one daughter (after his death she married William Clegg).
He became a town councillor in 1890 and Lord Mayor of Sheffield in 1904, receiving a knighthood the same year. He was a Justice of the Peace and a benefactor of the University of Sheffield, particularly the Applied Sciences, and also helped establish chairs in German and French. His picture now hangs in Mappin Hall of the University, and his mansion became student accommodation, Halifax Hall.
Sir Joseph Jonas was stripped of his knighthood in 1918 after being convicted of a misdemeanour as a result of the anti-German sentiments in Britain at the time because of the First World War. (His crime had been discussions with a potential German customer in 1913, a year before the war.) In addition, his British citizenship was revoked.
Joseph Jonas died in August 1921 because of a stroke and is buried in All Saints Church, Ecclesall.
Read his obituary in The Engineer 1921/09/02.
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Sources of Information
- [1] Wikipedia