DeWitt Clinton Jansen

Deceased Person

1840 – 1894

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Who was DeWitt Clinton Jansen?

DeWitt Clinton Jansen, was a member of the Shanghai Municipal Council from 1893 until his death in November 1894; an Associate judge of the United States Consular Court in Shanghai; the proprietor of the Astor House Hotel in Shanghai, the first western hotel in China, from 1874 to his death in 1894; and was the first District Deputy Grand Master of the Cosmopolitan Lodge of Freemasons which began working in Shanghai in 1864. Jansen Road in Yangtsepoo was named in his honour.

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Born
Nov 8, 1840
Died
1894

Submitted
on July 23, 2013

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