# Johan Leonhard Fix
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|birth_place = [Hanau](/source/Hanau), [Germany](/source/Germany)
|death_date = {{Death date and age|df=yes|1807|2|2|1735|12|28}}
|death_place = [Copenhagen](/source/Copenhagen), Denmark
| resting_place = [Assistens Cemetery](/source/Assistens_Cemetery_(Copenhagen)), Copenhagen
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| occupation = Merchant and [ship-owner](/source/ship-owner)
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'''Johan Leonhard Fix''' (28 December 1735 - 2 February 1807) was a German-Danish merchant who served as [Governor of Frederiknagore](/source/List_of_governors_of_Danish_India) in [Danish India](/source/Danish_India). He moved to [Copenhagen](/source/Copenhagen) in 1787 where he served as director of the [Danish Asiatic Company](/source/Danish_Asiatic_Company) from 1791 to 1805. He was the third largest contributor to the rebuilding of [Christiansborg Palace](/source/Christiansborg_Palace_(2nd)) after the [first Christiansborg Palace](/source/Christiansborg_Palace_(1st)) was destroyed in a fire in 1804.
==Early life==
Fix was born on 28 December 1735 in [Hanau](/source/Hanau) near Frankfurt. His father was a weaver. The family belonged to the Dutch Reformed church.
==Years in India==
Fix travelled to [Copenhagen](/source/Copenhagen) on foot where he was employed as bookkeeper by the [Danish Asiatic Company](/source/Danish_Asiatic_Company) in 1867 and travelled to Trankebar and the Bengal on board the ship ''CRON PRINCEN AF DANEMARK''.[{{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}}]
[Hermann Abbestée](/source/Hermann_Abbest%C3%A9e) wrote an angry letter about Fix's conduct in 1770.[{{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}}]
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.
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.
==Late life in Denmark==
* In 1787, Fix returned to Copenhagen. In 1789 he purchased the property at [Amaliegade 13](/source/Amaliegade_13).[{{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}}] He also owned [Folehavegård](/source/Folehaveg%C3%A5rd) at [Hørsholm](/source/H%C3%B8rsholm) from 1789 to 1791.
* In 1791 he was elected Director of the Danish Asiatic Company. He kept the post until 1805.
* In 1794, he made a 2000 [Danish rigsdaler](/source/Danish_rigsdaler) donation for the rebuilding of [Christiansborg Palace](/source/Christiansborg_Palace_(2nd)).
* 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.[{{cite web|url=http://assistens.dk/personer/johan-leonhard-fix/|title=Johan Leonhard Fix|language=Danish|website=Kulturcentret Assistens|accessdate=9 May 2018}}]
* He died on 2 February 1807 and is buried at [Assistens Cemetery](/source/Assistens_Cemetery_(Copenhagen)).
==Further reading==
* 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
==References==
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==External links==
* [https://www.geni.com/people/Johan-Leonhard-Fix/6000000019313791852 Johan Leonhard Fix] at geni.com
* [http://assistens.dk/johan-leonhard-fix-2/ Video] about Johan Leonhard Fix
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Category:1770s in Danish India
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Category:German expatriates in Denmark
Category:18th-century Danish landowners
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