No. 9659
George Manook
1763-1827Merchant and financierAsia · 1763Most named place: Calcutta
George Manook, also known as Gavork, was an Armenian merchant of Java and one of the richest figures in the Dutch East Indies. On several occasions Manook lent large sums of money to the Dutch government.
Manook was New Julfa, in Persia, in 1763, into a poor family. He was never married and after his death he left more than five million guilders to his two sisters and the children of his brother Malcom, who had died at Calcutta in 1826. He also made several bequests to Armenian charities and literary institutions in Calcutta, Madras, Armenia, Jerusalem, and New Julfa.
