Job Charnock
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Job Charnock was an English administrator with the East India Company. He is widely regarded by historians as the founder of the city of Calcutta; however, this view was challenged in court, and in 20
Job Charnock
Plaque with details of Baptism of Charnock's daughters, on Baptismal Font at St. Mary's Church, Fort St. George, Madras
Sketch of Job Charnock's Cemetery, made before 1742 (p.196), March 1824
Job Charnock's mausoleum
Stephen Charnock
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Stephen Charnock, Puritan divine, was an English Puritan Presbyterian clergyman born at the St Katherine Cree parish of London.
Job Charnock
…ruled that he ought not to be regarded as the sole founder. Charnock came from a Lancashire family and was the second son of Richard Charnock of London. Stephen Charnock (1628–1680) was probably his elder brother. He was part of a private trading enterprise in the employ of the merchant Maurice Thomson between 1650 and…
Stephen Charnock.