Jan Carel Juta (23 March 1824 – 7 April 1886) was a Dutch-South African publisher, bookseller and brother-in-law of Karl Marx.[2]

Jan Carel Juta
Photograph taken of Jan Carel Juta in 1863
Born23 March 1824[1]
Zaltbommel, Netherlands
Died7 April 1886
Occupation(s)Publisher, bookseller
Spouse
(m. 1853)
Children7, including Henry
Parent(s)Hubertus Johannes Juta
Marie Albertine Offers
RelativesKarl Marx (brother-in-law)

He was born in Zaltbommel, Netherlands.[2] He married his wife Louise Juta on 5 June 1853 in a civil ceremony in Trier, Germany.[3][1]

Jan Carel and Louise had seven children,[3] 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

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