John Helder Wedge
Politician, Deceased Person
1793 – 1872
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Who was John Helder Wedge?
John Helder Wedge was a surveyor, explorer and politician in Van Diemen's Land.
Wedge was the second son of Charles Wedge of Shudy Camps, Cambridgeshire, England. John Wedge learned the basics of surveying from his father. Due to financial losses during the post-war depression in agriculture, Wedge and his brother Edward decided to migrate to Van Diemen's Land; before leaving London Wedge had obtained an appointment in the colony as assistant surveyor.
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- 1793
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- Died
- Nov 22, 1872
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on July 23, 2013
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