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John William Dawson

Sir J. Wm. Dawson, LL.D., F.G.S., was principal of McGill College in Montreal and president of the American Association for the Advancement of Science.

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Canadian geologist, principal of McGill University (1820–1899)

Born 1820
Died 1899

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  • Cover of: On some unsolved problems in geology: address of J. W. Dawson, LL. D., president of the American Association for the Advancement of Science, delivered at the Minneapolis meeting, August, 1883.

    First published in 1980 — 1 edition
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    First published in 1888 — 1 edition
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  • Cover of: On the course of collegiate education: adapted to the circumstances of British America; the inaugural discourse of the Principal of McGill College, Montreal.

    First published in 1855 — 1 edition
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  • Cover of: On the discovery of a new pulmonate mollusk in the coal-formation of Nova Scotia

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  • Cover of: On the Eozoic and Palæozoic rocks of the America

    First published in 1987 — 1 edition
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  • Cover of: On the Eozoic and Palæozoic rocks of the Atlantic coast of Canada in comparison with those of western Europe and of the interior of America

    First published in 1987 — 1 edition
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    First published in 1982 — 1 edition
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    First published in 1983 — 1 edition
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  • Cover of: On the upper coal-formation of eastern Nova Scotia and Prince-Edward Island in its relation to the Permian

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  • Cover of: Presidential address: some points in which American geological science is indebted to Canada : by Sir J. William Dawson.

    First published in 1980 — 1 edition
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  • Cover of: The Québec group of Sir William Logan: being the annual address of the President of the Natural History Society of Montréal for 1879

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  • Cover of: The Quebec group of Sir William Logan: being the annual address of the President of the Natural History Society of Montreal for 1879

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  • Cover of: recent history of McGill University: being the annual University Lecture for the session of 1882-3.

    First published in 1890 — 1 edition
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  • Cover of: Remarks on Mr. Carruther's views of prototaxites

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  • Cover of: Remarks on recent papers on the geology of Nova Scotia: from a paper communicated to the Nova Scotian Institute of Natural Science

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  • Cover of: Report of J.W. Dawson, LL.D, F.R.S., F.G.S., Principal of McGill University, Montreal, on the deposits of apatite on certain lots in the township of North Burgess, Ontario

    First published in 1987 — 1 edition
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We need a photo of John William Dawson

Canadian geologist, principal of McGill University (1820–1899)

Born 1820
Died 1899

Subjects

Paleontology, Geology, McGill University, Paleobotany, Religion and science, Stratigraphic Geology, Bible and science, Paléontologie, Education, History, Geology, Stratigraphic, Bible, Higher Education, Natural history, Women, Agriculture, Description and travel, Evolution, Géologie, Origin, Bible and geology, Creation, Sciences naturelles, Antiquities, Criticism, interpretation

Places

Canada, Nova Scotia, Québec (Province), Quebec (Province), New Brunswick, Prince Edward Island, Egypt, Montréal, Nouvelle-Écosse, Palestine, Alberta, British Columbia, Montréal (Québec), Ontario, Amérique du Nord, Middle East, Nouvelle-Ecosse, United States, Atlantic Ocean, Bow River Valley, Canadian Rockies (B.C. and Alta.), Lebanon, Mackenzie River Valley, Montreal, Montréal (Quebec)

People

James McGill (1744-1813), John William Dawson Sir (1820-1899), Peter Redpath (1821-1894), Charles Lyell Sir (1797-1875), J. W. Dawson Sir (1820-1899), J. William Dawson Sir (1820-1899), W. E. Logan Sir (1798-1875)

Time

Precambrian, Carboniferous, Cretaceous, 1785-1850, Paleozoic, Pleistocene, Quaternary, Silurian, 1860-1899, 19th century, Archaean, Tertiary, 1851-1900, Cambrian, Devonian, Mesozoic, Paléozoïque, Pliocene, Silurien

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Alternative names

  • Sir John William Dawson
  • Dawson, John William Sir.
  • Dawson, William John Sir
  • Dawson, John William Sir
  • Sir J. W. Dawson
  • J. W. Dawson
  • J. Wm. Dawson
  • John William Dawson
  • J. W. (John William) Dawson
  • Sir J W (John William) Dawson
  • J. William Dawson
  • Sir J. William Dawson
  • Dawson, J. William Sir

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