Piotr Fergusson Tepper (1713–1794) was a Polish banker of German burgher origin, [1] merchant and industrial entrepreneur. [1] [2]
Piotr Fergusson Tepper of Warsaw was the wealthiest banker in the second half of 18th century Poland. [2] Tepper was the owner of a trading house and of landed estates in Mazovia and Volhynia. [2] The principal lender of King Stanisław August Poniatowski and of the Treasury of the Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth, in 1793 Tepper became bankrupt, along with several other Polish banks. [2] Piotr Fergusson Tepper was fatally wounded during disturbances at the time of the Kościuszko Insurrection, after his trading and banking house at Miodowa Street was plundered. [1] He is buried at Powązki Evangelical Cemetery in Warsaw. [1]
References
- ^ a b c d Wojciech Rogowski - Falenty Tepperów - z dziejów swobodnej bankowości ("free banking") w Polsce ( Falenty of the Teppers - from the tradition of free banking in Poland) http://www.nbp.pl/konferencje/falenty2002/esej_pl.pdf
- ^ a b c d Encyklopedia Polski (Encyclopedia of Poland), Wydawnictwo Ryszard Kluszczyński (publisher), Kraków 1996, ISBN 83-86328-60-6
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Piotr Fergusson Tepper (1713–1794) was a Polish banker of German burgher origin, [1] merchant and industrial entrepreneur. [1] [2]
Piotr Fergusson Tepper of Warsaw was the wealthiest banker in the second half of 18th century Poland. [2] Tepper was the owner of a trading house and of landed estates in Mazovia and Volhynia. [2] The principal lender of King Stanisław August Poniatowski and of the Treasury of the Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth, in 1793 Tepper became bankrupt, along with several other Polish banks. [2] Piotr Fergusson Tepper was fatally wounded during disturbances at the time of the Kościuszko Insurrection, after his trading and banking house at Miodowa Street was plundered. [1] He is buried at Powązki Evangelical Cemetery in Warsaw. [1]
References
- ^ a b c d Wojciech Rogowski - Falenty Tepperów - z dziejów swobodnej bankowości ("free banking") w Polsce ( Falenty of the Teppers - from the tradition of free banking in Poland) http://www.nbp.pl/konferencje/falenty2002/esej_pl.pdf
- ^ a b c d Encyklopedia Polski (Encyclopedia of Poland), Wydawnictwo Ryszard Kluszczyński (publisher), Kraków 1996, ISBN 83-86328-60-6
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