William Jardine (opium trader)

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businessperson human merchant opium trader physician

William Jardine was a 19th-century Scottish physician-turned-merchant who co-founded the powerful trading firm Jardine, Matheson & Co. and played a key role in the opium trade and the events leading up to the First Opium War.

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William Jardine	0
William Jardine (co-founder of Jardine Matheson)	1

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Predicate	Object
instanceOf	businessperson ⓘ human ⓘ merchant ⓘ opium trader ⓘ physician ⓘ
associatedWith	British East India Company NERFINISHED ⓘ Jardine, Matheson & Co. NERFINISHED ⓘ opium merchants in Canton ⓘ
businessPartner	James Matheson NERFINISHED ⓘ
causeOfDeath	illness ⓘ
coFounded	Jardine, Matheson & Co. NERFINISHED ⓘ
constituencyRepresented	Ashburton NERFINISHED ⓘ
countryOfBirth	Scotland ⓘ
countryOfCitizenship	United Kingdom ⓘ
countryOfDeath	Scotland NERFINISHED ⓘ
dateOfBirth	1784-02-24 ⓘ
dateOfDeath	1843-02-27 ⓘ
educatedAt	University of Edinburgh ⓘ
employer	British East India Company NERFINISHED ⓘ
era	19th century ⓘ
ethnicGroup	Scottish ⓘ
fieldOfWork	medicine ⓘ opium trade ⓘ trade ⓘ
founded	Jardine, Matheson & Co. NERFINISHED ⓘ
hasBusinessInterest	opium trade ⓘ tea trade ⓘ textile trade ⓘ
influenced	British policy toward Qing China ⓘ
knownFor	co-founding Jardine, Matheson & Co. ⓘ involvement in the China opium trade ⓘ lobbying the British government on China policy ⓘ
languageSpoken	English ⓘ
memberOf	Parliament of the United Kingdom NERFINISHED ⓘ
name	William Jardine NERFINISHED ⓘ
nativeLanguage	English ⓘ
notableWork	development of Jardine, Matheson & Co. into a leading China trading firm ⓘ expansion of British opium trade in China ⓘ
occupation	merchant ⓘ opium trader ⓘ physician ⓘ politician ⓘ
participantIn	First Opium War NERFINISHED ⓘ
placeOfBirth	Annan NERFINISHED ⓘ
placeOfDeath	Rothesay NERFINISHED ⓘ
politicalAlignment	Whig Party NERFINISHED ⓘ
positionHeld	Member of Parliament of the United Kingdom ⓘ
religion	Presbyterian ⓘ surface form: Presbyterianism
residence	Canton NERFINISHED ⓘ London, England ⓘ surface form: London Macao NERFINISHED ⓘ
sexOrGender	male ⓘ
workLocation	Canton NERFINISHED ⓘ Hong Kong NERFINISHED ⓘ Macao NERFINISHED ⓘ

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