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The Consummate Canadian a Biography of Samuel Weir Q.C

Samuel Edward Weir Q.C. (1898-1981), a man both loved and reviled with scorn, was born in London, Ontario. Descended from pioneer stock, with roots in both Ireland and Germany, Samuel Weir possessed incisive wit, exceptional intelligence and a passionate zest for any subject that caught his eye. Over a period of sixty years he built an extraordinary collection of approximately one thousand works of outstanding art and sculpture. This extensively researched biography of a talented yet quixotic lawyer who contributed much to Canada's heritage begins in the early 19th century and covers well over.

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  • "Samuel Edward Weir Q.C. (1898-1981), a man both loved and reviled with scorn, was born in London, Ontario. Descended from pioneer stock, with roots in both Ireland and Germany, Samuel Weir possessed incisive wit, exceptional intelligence and a passionate zest for any subject that caught his eye. Over a period of sixty years he built an extraordinary collection of approximately one thousand works of outstanding art and sculpture. This extensively researched biography of a talented yet quixotic lawyer who contributed much to Canada's heritage begins in the early 19th century and covers well over."@en
  • "Samuel Edward Weir was born August 12, 1898 in London, Ontario to George Sutton Weir (1859-1944) and Sarah Bawtenheimer (1860-1935). He was a lawyer and a collector of art. He died at his home, River Brink, in Queenston, Ontario, on Jan. 18, 1981. His home is now a gallery in which the Weir Collection is exhibited. Includes information on his Weir and Bawtenheimer (Badenheimer) ancestry. He had no descendants. Also includes colored plates of twenty-six of the paintings from his collection."@en

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  • "The Consummate Canadian A Biography of Samuel Weir Q.C"
  • "The Consummate Canadian a Biography of Samuel Weir Q.C"@en
  • "The consummate Canadian : a biography of Samuel Edward Weir Q.C"
  • "The consummate Canadian a biography of Samuel Edward Weir Q.C"
  • "The consummate Canadian : a biography of Samuel Edward Weir, Q.C"@en
  • "The consummate Canadian a biography of Samuel Edward Weir, QC"
  • "The consummate Canadian a biography of Samuel Edward Weir, Q.C"
  • "The consummate Canadian a biography of Samuel Edward Weir, Q.C"@en

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