Johann Gie, the Glossary
Johann Coenraad Gie was a businessman, community leader, and Grand Master of the Freemasons in Cape Colony.[1]
Table of Contents
13 relations: Abraham Chiron, Cape Colony, Cape Town, Christoffel Brand (trader), Dutch East India Company, Freemasonry, Freemasonry in South Africa, India, Olof de Wet, Sir David Baird, 1st Baronet, Switzerland, Texel, Zurich.
- Dutch Cape Colony people
- Swiss Freemasons
Abraham Chiron
Abraham Chiron was a German-born book-keeper and banker who played a key role in the establishment of Freemasonry in South Africa and served as the country's first Masonic Grand Master.
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Cape Colony
The Cape Colony (Kaapkolonie), also known as the Cape of Good Hope, was a British colony in present-day South Africa named after the Cape of Good Hope.
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Cape Town
Cape Town is the legislative capital of South Africa.
Christoffel Brand (trader)
Christoffel Brand (1738–1815) was a trader, a well-known host at Simon’s Town near Cape Town, welcoming ships using it as a refreshment station and a participant in establishing Freemasonry in Cape Colony.
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Dutch East India Company
The United East India Company (Vereenigde Oostindische Compagnie, abbreviated as VOC), commonly known as the Dutch East India Company, was a chartered trading company and one of the first joint-stock companies in the world.
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Freemasonry
Freemasonry or Masonry refers to fraternal organisations that trace their origins to the local guilds of stonemasons that, from the end of the 14th century, regulated the qualifications of stonemasons and their interaction with authorities and clients.
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Freemasonry in South Africa
Freemasonry was brought to South Africa by members of the Grand Orient of the Netherlands in 1772.
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India
India, officially the Republic of India (ISO), is a country in South Asia.
Olof de Wet
Olof Godlieb de Wet (1739–1811) was a Dutch Cape Colony-born official in the Dutch East India Company and co-founder of the Freemasons in Cape Colony.
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Sir David Baird, 1st Baronet
General Sir David Baird, 1st Baronet, of Newbyth, GCB (6 December 1757 – 18 August 1829) was a British Army officer.
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Switzerland
Switzerland, officially the Swiss Confederation, is a landlocked country located in west-central Europe.
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Texel
Texel (Texels dialect: Tessel) is a municipality and an island with a population of 13,643 in North Holland, Netherlands.
Zurich
Zurich (Zürich) is the largest city in Switzerland and the capital of the canton of Zurich.
See also
Dutch Cape Colony people
Swiss Freemasons
- Adrien Lachenal
- Alain Bernheim
- Benjamin Constant
- Ernest Perron
- Johann Gie
- Jonas Furrer
- Oswald Wirth
- Spartaco Vela
- Theodor Tobler
- William Wyler