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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: Lectures, notes on geology, and outline of the geology of Canada: for the use of students : with figures of characteristic fossils

    First published in 1980 2 editions in 1 language
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  • Cover of: Life's dawn on earth: being the history of the oldest known fossil remains, and their relation to geological time and to the development of the animal kingdom.

    First published in 1875 2 editions in 1 language — 2 previewable Cover of edition lifesdawnoneart00dawsgoog
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  • Cover of: Modern ideas of derivation: address of Principal Dawson as president of the Natural History Society of Montreal, read at the annual meeting, May 18th, 1869.

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  • Cover of: Modern ideas of evolution: as related to revelation and science

    First published in 1890 2 editions in 1 language — 1 previewable
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  • Cover of: Natural history in its educational aspects

    First published in 1985 2 editions in 1 language — 1 previewable
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  • Cover of: Nature and the Bible.: A course of lectures delivered in New York, in December, 1874, on the Morse foundation of the Union theological seminary.

    First published in 1875 2 editions in 1 language — 2 previewable Cover of edition cihm_09788
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  • Cover of: On the results of recent explorations of erect trees containing animal remains in the coal-formation of Nova Scotia

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  • Cover of: On the vegetable structures in coal

    First published in 1987 2 editions in 1 language — 1 previewable
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  • Cover of: Origin and history of life on our planet: an address by vice-president J.W. Dawson, before the American Association for the Advancement of Science, at Detroit, Michigan, April, 1875.

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    First published in 1885 2 editions in 1 language — 1 previewable
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  • Cover of: Recollections of Sir Charles Lyell: being the Annual Presidential address of the Natural History Society of Montréal, for 1875

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  • Cover of: Report on the geological structure and mineral resources of Prince Edward Island: being the result of explorations conducted under the authority of the local government

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  • Cover of: Revision of the land snails of the Paleozoic era, with descriptions of new species

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  • Cover of: On Specimens in the Peter Redpath Museum of McGill University, Illustrating the Physical Characters and Affinities of the Guanches, or Extinct People ... to be Read Before the Victoria Institute

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  • Cover of: Note on a specimen of Diploxylon from the coal-formation of Nova Scotia

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  • Cover of: Note on Balanus hameri in the Pleistocene at Rivière Beaudette, and on the occurrence of peculiar varieties of Mya arenaria and M. truncata in the modern sea and in the Pleistocene

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  • Cover of: Notes on the occurrence of Eozoon Canadense at Côte St. Pierre

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  • Cover of: Nouvelle note sur les antiquités aborigènes trouvées à Montréal

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  • Cover of: On new plants from the Erian and Carboniferous: and on the characters and affinities of paleozoic gymnosperms

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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, Geology, Stratigraphic, History, 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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