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Edward Deas Thomson
1800Jun, 1

Edward Deas Thomson

Edward Deas Thomson, Australian educator and politician, Chief Secretary of New South Wales (d. 1879)
Sir Edward Deas Thomson (1 June 1800 – 16 July 1879) was a Scotsman who became an administrator and politician in Australia, and was chancellor of the University of Sydney.

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