LC control no. | n 92084833 |
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Descriptive conventions | rda |
Personal name heading | Wason, J. Cathcart |
Variant(s) | Wason, John Cathcart Wason, Cathcart Wason, John Cathcart, 1848- |
Associated country | Scotland N.Z. |
Birth date | 18481117 |
Death date | 19210419 |
Affiliation | Great Britain. Parliament. House of Commons |
Found in | nuc92-4123: Wilson, H. A. A British borderland [MI] , 1913 (hdg. on GmC rept.: Wason, J. Cathcart; usage: J. Cathcart Wason) English Wikipedia website, viewed June 3, 2013 ((John) Cathcart Wason (17 November 1848--19 April 1921), generally known as Cathcart Wason, was a Scottish farmer and politician who served as a Member of Parliament in two countries: first in New Zealand and then in Scotland, after the failure of his colonial ventures. An unusually large man (he was over 6 feet 6 inches (1.98 m) tall), he is noted both as an innovative farmer and for having passed his time in the British House of Commons by knitting) |