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Mason, George

Record IDcnp00559696

URIhttp://data.cerl.org/thesaurus/cnp00559696

Biographical Data1725 - 1792

Last Edit2024-02-08

General Note

Amerikan. Politiker

More Information

Further Biographical Data1725-1792

ActivityPersonen der Geschichte (Politiker und historische Persönlichkeiten) (16.5p) (sswd)

Politiker (gnd)

CountryUSA

Geographic NoteUS (iso3166)

Names

HeadingMason, George
used in: Integrated Authority File (GND), Germany

Sources

Found inLoC-NA

Portrait of George Mason (1725-1792), American patriot, statesman, and delegate from Virginia to the U.S. Constitutional Convention. He is called the "Father of the Bill of Rights". For all of these reasons he is considered to be one of the "Founding Fathers" of the United States.

[After John Hesselius / http://web9r.durango.k12.co.us/grants/teachingamhistory/images/george_mason.jpg ([1]) -- Public domain -- http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:George Mason.jpg]