William Worthington Jordan (1849–1886) was a hunter, trader, and writer in

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. Born at Wynberg in the

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, Jordan was of mixed race. He became a trader and hunter in what is now

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and

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. In 1880 he established a trading post in southern

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. Having bought a large area of land from the Ovambo people, Jordan donated some of it to Boer settlers who in 1885 established the short-lived republic of

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. This did not long survive his death in 1886. Jordan's ''Journal of the Trek Boers to Mossamedes'' appeared in the '' Cape Quarterly Review'' in 1881.Victor L. Tonchi, William A. Lindeke, John J. Grotpeter, ''Historical Dictionary of Namibia'' (2012), p. 186 In 1883 his ''From Damaraland to the Nhemba Country: Extract from the Diary of W. W. Jordan'' appeared in the same journal.

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{{DEFAULTSORT:Jordan, William Worthington 1849 births 1886 deaths Coloured Namibian people