Kōrero: Aitken, John Guthrie Wood

John Guthrie Wood Aitken

John Guthrie Wood Aitken

J. G. W. Aitken was mayor of Wellington from 1899 until 1905. During his first term of office, he was a leading figure in patriotic fundraising for the South African war effort.

Te whakamahi i tēnei tūemi

Alexander Turnbull Library
Reference: B-094-024
Chromolithograph by Walter Armiger Bowring

Permission of the Alexander Turnbull Library, National Library of New Zealand, Te Puna Mātauranga o Aotearoa, must be obtained before any re-use of this image.

Me pēnei te tohu i te whārangi:

Ian W. Fraser. 'Aitken, John Guthrie Wood', Dictionary of New Zealand Biography, first published in 1996. Te Ara - the Encyclopedia of New Zealand, https://teara.govt.nz/mi/biographies/3a8/aitken-john-guthrie-wood (accessed 29 March 2024)