Harrison Weir (1824 to 1906) was a British illustrator, breeder and judge who organized the first cat show in England, at the Crystal Palace in London in July 1871, and founded the National Cat Club in 1887, serving as its first president. He is widely credited as the founder of the organized cat fancy. Before turning to cats, he judged pigeon and poultry shows for three decades. This description is adapted from Wikipedia contributors under CC BY-SA 4.0; changes were made. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/
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Defining ContributionOrganized the first English cat show and founded the National Cat Club, launching organized pedigree cat breeding and showing. 2 Connections
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Weir is widely credited as the founder of the organized cat fancy
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Harrison William Weir (5 May 1824 – 3 January 1906), known as "The Father of the Cat Fancy", was a British artist.
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He organised the first cat show in England, at the Crystal Palace, London, in July 1871.
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It was organised by Harrison Weir.
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