J.W. Jagger Building
Named after John William Jagger (1859-1930), former Minister of Railways, a leading businessman in Cape Town, and a generous benefactor to the UCT main library. Born in 1859, he immigrated to South Africa in 1883 where he began an imports business that was later expanded with the discovery of gold. Jagger eventually began building his own factories, to manufacture goods within South Africa. This allowed him to pursue his interest in promoting and funding various educational initiatives. He gave £57 000 to the university during his lifetime. He also formed a trust in his will from which a further £107 500 was left to the university. He was for many years chairman of UCT’s finance committee. In terms of his will, the J.W. Jagger Scholarships were founded in 1928 for both undergraduate and postgraduate students. Noted for his interest in education, Jagger sat on the Cape School Board for several years, donated money to schools for books and later made grants to UCT and sat on various university boards. Having been awarded an honorary degree of LL.D from UCT, he declined the title, preferring to remain simply “Mr Jagger”. Source: Origins of Names of Buildings at the University of Cape Town, Mr M. Musemwa (Department of History UCT, 1993). Baxter, W. 1958. The bulletin: the magazine for profitable retailing. Archivalplatform.org
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Cape Town, and a generous benefactor to the UCT main library. Born in 1859, he immigrated to South Africa in 1883 where he began an imports business that was later expanded with the discovery of gold. Jagger eventually began building his own factories, to manufacture goods within South Africa. This allowed him to pursue his interest in promoting and funding various educational initiatives. He gave £57 000 to the university during his lifetime. He also formed a trust in his will from which a further £107 500 was left to the university. He was for many years chairman of UCT’s finance committee. In terms of his will, the J.W. Jagger Scholarships were founded in 1928 for both undergraduate and postgraduate students. Noted for his interest in education, Jagger sat on the Cape School Board for several years, donated money to schools for books and later made grants to UCT and sat on various university boards. Having been awarded an honorary degree of LL.D from UCT, he declined the title, preferring to remain simply “Mr Jagger”. Source: Origins of Names of Buildings at the University of Cape Town, Mr M. Musemwa (Department of History UCT, 1993). Baxter, W. 1958. The bulletin: the magazine for
profitable retailing. Archivalplatform.org
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