| LC control no. | no 89012861 |
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| Descriptive conventions | rda |
| Personal name heading | Matheson, James, 1796-1878 |
| Variant(s) | Matheson, James Nicolas Sutherland, 1796-1878 |
| Associated country | Scotland China |
| Located | Guangzhou (China) |
| Birth date | 1796-10-17 |
| Death date | 1878-12-31 |
| Place of birth | Lairg (Scotland) |
| Field of activity | Commerce |
| Affiliation | Jardine, Matheson & Co. |
| Profession or occupation | Merchants |
| Found in | The present position and prospects of the British trade with China, 1836: t.p. (James Matheson, Esq., of the firm of Jardine, Matheson and Co., of Canton) Boase (Matheson, Sir James, 1 baronet; b. 1796; d. 12-31-1878) Wikipedia, viewed 2 June 2015 (Sir James Nicolas Sutherland Matheson, 1st Baronet (17 October 1796-31 December 1878), born in Shiness, Lairg, Sutherland, Scotland, was the son of Captain Donald Matheson, a Scottish trader in India. He attended Edinburgh's Royal High School and the University of Edinburgh. He and William Jardine went on to co-found the trading conglomerate Jardine Matheson & Co.) |
| Associated language | eng |
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