Name Arthur Atkinson Died December 10, 1902 | Siblings Harry Atkinson | |
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Arthur Samuel Atkinson (20 October 1833 – 10 December 1902) was a 19th-century Member of Parliament from the Taranaki Region, New Zealand.
Biography
He represented the Omata electorate from 1866 to 1867, when he resigned.
He was a brother of Premier Harry Atkinson, and part of the Richmond–Atkinson family. He married Jane Maria Richmond in 1854.
He later moved to Nelson, and became a lawyer. He studied the Māori race and language. He died at Fairfield, the house that he had built in 1872.
References
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