Prætorius was born in Skærbæk near Tønder in Jutland.
He moved to Copenhagen where he became bookkeeper for the Danish West India Company in 1796 before establishing his own trading house.
He mainly traded on the Danish colonies and was involved in the liquidisation of Østersøiske-Guineiske Selskab in 1787.
His fleet had a total ship tonnage of more than 200 kommercelæster (just over 500 t) in 1797.
The war with England in 1807 hit his business hard but he managed to jeep it afloat.
In 1802 he was elected to a leading post in Grosserersocietetet.
Prætorius was born in Skærbæk near Tønder in Jutland. He moved to Copenhagen where he became bookkeeper for the Danish West India Company in 1796 before establishing his own trading house. He mainly traded on the Danish colonies and was involved in the liquidisation of Østersøiske-Guineiske Selskab in 1787. His fleet had a total ship tonnage of more than 200 kommercelæster (just over 500 t) in 1797. The war with England in 1807 hit his business hard but he managed to jeep it afloat. In 1802 he was elected to a leading post in Grosserersocietetet.
Jeppe Prætorius