John Moses (Norwegian politician), Date of Birth, Date of Death
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Member of the Norwegian Constituent Assembly
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About John Moses (Norwegian politician)
- John Moses (16 April 1781 – 29 January 1849) was a Norwegian merchant who served as a representative at the Norwegian Constituent Assembly in 1814.John Moses was born in Kristiansund in Møre og Romsdal, Norway.
- He belonged to a merchant family of British descent who had settled in Kristiansund to conduct the trade of large-scale fish exports.
- John Moses was one of Kristiansund's leading businessmen.
- He ran an export and import business, together with a shipping company.
- From the 1820s, he was living in London, where he ran the shipping business, conducting trading in a number of European countries.He represented Kristiansund at the Norwegian Constituent Assembly in 1814.
- He advocated policies that would benefit the business community.
- He supported the union party (Unionspartiet).John Moses was married to Anna Holck Tordenskjold (1782–1854) with whom he had seven children.
- He died in the Parish of St Anne's Limehouse, at the London Borough of Tower Hamlets in London, England.
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| Native name | Eidsvoll 1814 | ||
| Parent institution | Norwegian Museum of Cultural History | ||
| Location | Eidsvoll, Norway | ||
| Coordinates | 60° 18' 04? N, 11° 10' 18? E   | ||
| Established | 1998 | ||
| Web page | http://www.eidsvoll1814.no/ | ||
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Source: Eidsvoll 1814: image no. EM.01654, via digitaltmuseum.no.
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