Sir Robert Ropner - Victorian Entrepreneur
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Description
"Emil Hugo Oscar Robert Ropner was born in Magdeburg, Prussia in 1838. Both of his parents died of cholera when he was ten but they had left enough money for him, and his nine siblings, to get a basic education. At the age of 19 Ropner and a friend decided to emigrate to Australia. Once they had reached the port of Hamburg, they found a vessel bound for Australia, unfortunately there was only one job available which Ropner’s friend took. Ropner took the next departing vessel; the SS Dora and set sail to England - the vessel docked in West Hartlepool. Upon seeing the booming business of West Hartlepool docks, Ropner soon found employment within Thomas Appleby’s firm of coal exporters and in 1868 he launched Appleby’s first steamship. Ropner began to build up a fleet of colliers...." -
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Stockton-on-Tees Bourough Council -
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Further information
Link: https://heritage.stockton.gov.uk/articles/people/sir-robert-ropner-victorian-entrepreneur/
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Added by: Simon Cotterill
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