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'''Johan Leonhard Fix''' (28 December 1735 - 2 February 1807) was a German-Danish merchant who served as [[List of governors of Danish India#Governors of Frederiknagore|Governor of Frederiknagore]] in [[Danish India]]. He moved to [[Copenhagen]] in 1787 where he served as director of the [[Danish Asiatic Company]] from 1791 to 1805. He was the third largest contributor to the rebuilding of [[Christiansborg Palace (2nd)|Christiansborg Palace]] after the [[Christiansborg Palace (1st)|first Christiansborg Palace]] was destroyed in a fire in 1804.<br />
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==Early life==<br />
Fix was born on 28 December 1735 in [[Hanau]] near Frankfurt. His father was a weaver. The family belonged to the Dutch Reformed church.<br />
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==Years in India==<br />
Fix travelled to [[Copenhagen]] on foot where he was employed as bookkeeper by the [[Danish Asiatic Company]] in 1867 and travelled to Trankebar and the Bengal on board the ship ''CRON PRINCEN AF DANEMARK''.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://oldenburgbusiness.net/index.php?title=Fix,_Johan_Leonhard|title=Fix, Johan Leonhard|language=Danish|website=oldenburgbusiness.net|accessdate=9 May 2018}}</ref><br />
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[[Hermann Abbestée]] wrote an angry letter about Fix's conduct in 1770.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://oldenburgbusiness.net/index.php?title=Abbest%C3%A9e,_Peter_Herman|title=Abbestée, Peter Herman|language=Danish|website=oldenburgbusiness.net|accessdate=9 May 2018}}</ref><br />
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In 1771 he married Anthonetta Maria Henckel in Frederiksnagore. She was the widow of Hermann Fredericks Henckel, a Danish Asiatic Company merchant and former Oberhoved of Frederiksnagore.<br />
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In 1776, he was fired from the Danish Asiatic Company. Then, in a partnership with John Fenwick, he ran a private trading house with a fleet of up to five ships. The partnership ended in court after disagreements. In 1783, he partnered with Melchoir La Beaume, a Frenchman based in Tranquebar. The partnership ended in court after disagreements.<br />
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==Late life in Denmark==<br />
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* In 1787, Fix returned to Copenhagen. In 1789 he purchased the property at [[Amaliegade 13]].<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.indenforvoldene.dk/amaliegade-13-13a-b|title=Amaliegade 13-13a-b|language=Danish|website=indenforvoldene.dk|accessdate=9 May 2018}}</ref> He also owned [[Folehavegård]] at [[Hørsholm]] from 1789 to 1791.<br />
* In 1791 he was elected Director of the Danish Asiatic Company. He kept the post until 1805.<br />
* In 1794, he made a 2000 [[Danish rigsdaler]] donation for the rebuilding of [[Christiansborg Palace (2nd)|Christiansborg Palace]].<br />
* In 1798, he was involved in a court case with Duntzfelt about a disagreement about taxation due to origin of a set of Nanjing textiles.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://assistens.dk/personer/johan-leonhard-fix/|title=Johan Leonhard Fix|language=Danish|website=Kulturcentret Assistens|accessdate=9 May 2018}}</ref><br />
* He died on 2 February 1807 and is buried at [[Assistens Cemetery (Copenhagen)|Assistens Cemetery]].<br />
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==Further reading==<br />
* Bie, Lorentz: ''[https://slaegtsbibliotek.dk/900979.pdf Johan Leonhard Fix. En Skikkelse i dansk-ostindisk Kolonihistori]''. In ''Personalhistorisk Tidsskrift'', Årgang 57, 10. række, 3. bd., 1. hefte, 1936<br />
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==References==<br />
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==External links==<br />
* [https://www.geni.com/people/Johan-Leonhard-Fix/6000000019313791852 Johan Leonhard Fix] at geni.com<br />
* [http://assistens.dk/johan-leonhard-fix-2/ Video] about Johan Leonhard Fix<br />
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