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Biography: Thomson, Arthur Saunders

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Michael Belgrave. 'Thomson, Arthur Saunders', Dictionary of New Zealand Biography, first published in 1990, updated July 2014. Te Ara - the Encyclopedia of New Zealand, https://teara.govt.nz/en/biographies/128978/related-biographies (accessed 4 June 2026).