Job Charnock
✓ Source-basedrisingBritish businessman
Business ProfessionalsLived 1630 to 1692 · aged 62
Fame49.4
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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 (Kolkata); however, this view was challenged in court, and in 2003 the Calcutta High Court ruled that he ought not to be regarded as the sole founder.
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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[21]](https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/9f/Sketch_if_Job_Charnock%27s_Cemetery%2C_made_before_1742_%28p.196%2C_March_1824%29.jpg/330px-Sketch_if_Job_Charnock%27s_Cemetery%2C_made_before_1742_%28p.196%2C_March_1824%29.jpg?utm_source=en.wikipedia.org&utm_campaign=parser&utm_content=thumbnail)
Sketch of Job Charnock's Cemetery, made before 1742 (p.196), March 1824[21]
Job Charnock's mausoleum
Job Charnock founding Calcutta, 1690
Job Charnock's Tomb and epitaph
The marble slab in the mausoleumBusiness Professionals born in the 1630s 2
About this person
Category
Business Professionals
Type
Business Professional
Status
deceased
Dates
Lived 1630 to 1692 · aged 62
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