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'''Gaston Thomson''' was a [[French politican]] born Jan. 29, 1848 in [[Oran]] and died May 14, 1932, at [[Bône]] ([[Algeria]]). |
'''Gaston Thomson''' was a [[French]] [[politican]] born Jan. 29, 1848 in [[Oran]] and died May 14, 1932, at [[Bône]] ([[Algeria]]). |
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He was a member of the [[National Assembly of France|French Chamber of Deputies]] for the Department of [[Constantine, Algeria|Constantine]] for fifty years and three months. Minister of the Navy in the Offices of [[Georges Clemenceau|Clémenceau]] and [[Maurice Rouvier|Rouvier]], his tenure saw the construction of numerous warships, cruisers and battleships, improving the power of the [[French Navy]]. |
He was a member of the [[National Assembly of France|French Chamber of Deputies]] for the Department of [[Constantine, Algeria|Constantine]] for fifty years and three months. Minister of the Navy in the Offices of [[Georges Clemenceau|Clémenceau]] and [[Maurice Rouvier|Rouvier]], his tenure saw the construction of numerous warships, cruisers and battleships, improving the power of the [[French Navy]]. |
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Gaston Thomson was a French politican born Jan. 29, 1848 in Oran and died May 14, 1932, at Bône (Algeria).
He was a member of the French Chamber of Deputies for the Department of Constantine for fifty years and three months. Minister of the Navy in the Offices of Clémenceau and Rouvier, his tenure saw the construction of numerous warships, cruisers and battleships, improving the power of the French Navy.
On June 6, 1897 he fought a duel with fellow Deputy Leon Mirman, a Radical Socialist, in which Mirman was slightly wounded in the forearm. The duel grew out of an article written by the latter attacking Thomson.[1]
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- ^ New York Times, June 7, 1897.