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	AllRefer.com - Sir John William Dawson (Geology And Oceanography, Biography) - Encyclopedia
		Sir John William Dawson, Geology And Oceanography, Biographies
		Sir John William Dawson 1820–99, Canadian geologist and educator, b.
		Dawson, former capital of Yukon Territory, Canada, was named for him.
	reference.allrefer.com /encyclopedia/D/Dawson-S.html (283 words)

	Dawson, Sir John William (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
		Dawson, Sir John William, geologist, principal of McGill (b at Pictou, NS 13 Oct 1820; d at Montréal 19 Nov 1899).
		Principal Dawson's career spanned the transformation of science from a fixed curriculum of "natural philosophy" to an array of professional disciplines focused on research.
		As well as a modernist in science and education (eg, admitting women to McGill), Dawson was a devout Christian and the leading anti-Darwinist of the late Victorian period.
	thecanadianencyclopedia.com /index.cfm?PgNm=TCE&Params=A1ARTA0002162 (325 words)

	William Dawson - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Sir John William Dawson (1820 - 1899), a Canadian geologist.
		William Levi Dawson (1886 - 1970), a member of the United States House of Representatives from Illinois.
		William Dawson (politician), Irish-born mayor of St. Paul, Minnesota.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/William_Dawson (161 words)

	Dictionary of Canadian Biography Online
		Dawson’s innovative and creative research in geology, the most popular science of the mid 19th century, together with his efforts to build a strong faculty in the biological and physical sciences as well as in engineering, laid the foundations for McGill’s reputation.
		Dawson was later to acknowledge that he favoured separate classes to protect the refined and sensitive natures of young women from the rough behaviour of the male students; however, he admitted quite candidly that he would have accepted mixed classes had the benefactor so stipulated.
		Dawson’s refusal was also greatly influenced by a gift to McGill from his friend Peter Redpath for the construction and endowment of a museum of natural history, contingent upon Dawson’s agreement to remain at the college.
	www.biographi.ca /EN/ShowBio.asp?BioId=40181 (6196 words)

	John William Dawson -- Facts, Info, and Encyclopedia article (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
		Dawson returned to Nova Scotia in 1842, accompanied by Sir (Click link for more info and facts about Charles Lyell) Charles Lyell on his first visit to that territory.
		Dawson was subsequently appointed to the post of superintendent of education (1850-1853); at the same time he entered zealously into the geology of Canada, making a special study of the fossil forests of the coal-measures.
		Sir William Dawsons name is especially associated with the Eozoon canadense, which in 1864 he described as an organism having the structure of a foraminifer.
	www.absoluteastronomy.com /encyclopedia/j/jo/john_william_dawson.htm (388 words)

	SIR JOHN DAWSON - LoveToKnow Article on SIR JOHN DAWSON (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
		His son, GEORGE MERCER DAWSON (1849-1901), was born at Pictou on the 1st of August 1849, and received his education at MGill University and the Royal School of Mines, London, where he had a brilliant career.
		In 1873 he was appointed geologist and naturalist to the North American boundary commission, and two years later he joined the staff of the geological survey of Canada, of which he became assistant director in 1883, and director in 1895.
		DAWSON CITY, or DAWSON, the capital of the Yukon territory, Canada, on the right bank of the Yukon river, and in the middle of the Klondyke gold region, of which it is the distributing centre.
	www.1911encyclopedia.org /D/DA/DAWSON_SIR_JOHN.htm (789 words)

	Sir J. William Dawson (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
		The first Canadian-born scientist of worldwide reputation was Sir John William Dawson, born in Pictou, Nova Scotia, in 1820.
		Dawson recorded his discoveries and exchanged fossils with other geologists from the Pictou and Joggins areas, adding to his already overflowing collection.
		Sir J. William Dawson died in 1899 in Montreal.
	museum.gov.ns.ca /fossils/finders/dawson.htm (269 words)

	Discovery: Fundy Geological Museum, Parrsboro, Nova Scotia (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
		Dawson’s father, the son of prosperous tenant farmers, came to Canada from northern Scotland in 1811.
		The Dawsons’ first son, William was born in 1820, followed by another son who died of scarlet fever when he was still only a child.
		Sixteen year old William was deeply upset by the death of his younger brother, but he must have found comfort in rambling through local pastures, woods, bogs and swamps, collecting berries, flowers, birds and insects.
	museum.gov.ns.ca /fgm/discover/Dawson/dawson1a.html (352 words)

	Journal of Geoscience Education: Sir William Dawson: Early contributions to carbonate petrology
		Dawson took over the editorship shortly after arriving in Montreal, where he had been appointed Principal of McGill College in 1855 (for a biography of Dawson, see Sheets-Pyenson, 1996).
		Dawson is generally known in the history of geology for Acadian Geology, his early geological survey of Nova Scotia, and for his life-long studies in Paleobotany (and, less favorably, for opposing evolution and the glacial theory of Agassiz).
		Dawson's successor at McGill was the petrologist and historian of geology Frank Dawson Adams.
	www.findarticles.com /p/articles/mi_qa4089/is_200305/ai_n9252733 (1277 words)

	Sources of Montreal-W
		Sir John William Dawson, educationist, geologist and naturalist, is the son of the late
		Sir William is a Fellow of the Royal Society, a Fellow of the London Geol.
		In March 1897, the golden wedding of Sir William and Lady Dawson, was celebrated in Montreal, on which occassion they were made the recipients of several addresses of congratulation, accompanied by souvenirs of the interesting event.
	www.rootsweb.com /~qcmtl-w/DawsonJohnWm.htm (1395 words)

	Dawson, William Bell (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
		Dawson, William Bell, surveyor, engineer, civil servant (b at Pictou, NS 2 May 1854; d at Montréal 21 May 1944).
		Son of Sir John William DAWSON, he studied at McGill and the École des Ponts et Chaussées, Paris, France.
		A member of the Royal Society of Canada, in retirement Dawson devoted much time to writing articles on the relationships between religion and science.
	www.thecanadianencyclopedia.com /index.cfm?PgNm=TCE&Params=A1ARTA0002165 (167 words)

	Sir John William Dawson
		When Professor Dawson was appointed, the medical department of the College alone was in a flourishing condition, but soon after he assumed the management all the other departments became prosperous.
		Dawson was elected a fellow of the Geological society of London in 1854, and of the Royal society in 1862 ; was elected president of the American association and of the Royal society of Canada in 1882, and of the British association in 1886.
		Sir William Logan had before noticed this fossil; but Dr. Dawson, to whom he submitted his specimens, was the first to demonstrate its foraminiferous character and to describe its structure.
	www.famousamericans.net /sirjohnwilliamdawson (868 words)

	AllRefer.com - Dawson, Canada (Canadian Political Geography) - Encyclopedia
		During the gold rush of 1898 Dawson was a boomtown, reported to have a population of about 20,000.
		It was named for George M. Dawson (see under Dawson, Sir John William), the Canadian geologist.
		The territorial capital was moved from Dawson to Whitehorse in 1952.
	reference.allrefer.com /encyclopedia/D/Dawson.html (176 words)

	McGill University
		There was litigation over the bequest which founded it; the Royal Institution for the Advancement of Learning, under which it was placed, warred with the governors of the university, who had control of teaching; and it was not until 1843 that the construction of the first building of the university, the Arts Building, was begun.
		Not indeed until 1855, when Sir William Dawson was appointed principal, did McGill University enter on that phase of growth which has made it one of the great universities of the British Empire.
		It was, moreover, not until 1872 that the work of the medical faculty was transferred to the McGill campus; and it was an omen of success that this year saw the graduation of the most famous son of the medical faculty of McGill, Sir William Osler.
	www2.marianopolis.edu /quebechistory/encyclopedia/McGillUniversity.htm (1540 words)

	Dr. George Mercer Dawson (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
		George Mercer Dawson, one of Canada's greatest scientists, was referred to affectionately as the "Little Doctor" or the "Little Giant" because of his diminutive size.
		He was born in Pictou, Nova Scotia, on August 1, 1849, the second son of Sir John William Dawson, a noted geologist and superintendent of education.
		Typical of Dr. Dawson, he assigned his colleagues to the easier routes and chose the hardest ones for himself.
	north-land.com /ypa/jmdawson.html (424 words)

	Principal
		A geologist and educator, Sir John William Dawson was born at Pictou, Nova Scotia, 13 October 1820.
		Sir Arthur Currie was Principal from 1920 to 1933.
		Lewis Williams Douglas was Principal from 1937 to 1939.
	www.archives.mcgill.ca /resources/guide/vol1/rg2.htm (3301 words)

	Past lives: Chronicles of Canadian Paleontology - i>Eozoon canadense: the false dawn animal
		When he established Eozoon canadense, Sir William Dawson hailed this fossil as "one of the brightest gems in the scientific crown of the Geological Survey of Canada".
		William Dawson, the Principal of McGill University and one of the foremost geologists in Canada, named the fossil Eozoon canadense -- the Canadian dawn animal.
		Dawson concluded that Eozoon was the shell of a foraminiferan, a single-celled protistan complete with chambers and canal systems, but one hundreds of times larger than any of the living forms which are all microscopic.
	gsc.nrcan.gc.ca /paleochron/04_e.php (485 words)

	MSN Encarta - Search Results - Dawson Sir John William (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
		Dawson, Sir John William (1820-1899), Canadian geologist, noted for his work on the paleontology of Canada and for his opposition to the...
		Dawson, George Mercer (1849-1901), Canadian geologist, born in Pictou, Nova Scotia, the son of Sir John William Dawson.
		Alcock, Sir John William (1892-1919), British aviator, the pilot of the first nonstop flight across the Atlantic Ocean.
	encarta.msn.com /Dawson_Sir_John_William.html (148 words)

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		Sir WILLIAM THOMSON, in replying, said:--I am sure all the members of the general committee are greatly gratified with the warm welcome accorded to us in the addresses just delivered on behalf of the two great divisions of our countrymen in this province, the English and French races.
		Sir John gained the heart of the audience at once, and, after the applause had subsided, said:--I really do not know in what capacity I am called upon to address this audience, whether it is as a scientist or as a Canadian or as a member of the government.
		Sir William Thomson occupied the chair, and beside him on the platform were His Excellency the Governor General and Lady Lansdowne and suite, the Right Hon.
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	Articles - John William Dawson (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
		Sir John William Dawson, KCMG, FRSC (October 13, 1820 â“ November 19, 1899), was a Canadian geologist, born in Pictou, Nova Scotia.
		Of Scottish descent, Dawson attended Edinburgh University to complete his education, and graduated in 1842, having gained a knowledge of geology and natural history from Robert Jameson.
		Dawson returned to Nova Scotia in 1842, accompanied by Sir Charles Lyell on his first visit to that territory.
	www.lastring.com /articles/John_William_Dawson?mySession=ba996c254c73317881115a990a929ee0 (484 words)

	Natural Resources Canada
		Dawson City commemorates George Dawson, the GSC's third director, whose maps of the Klondike were the only reliable ones available to the Gold Rush prospectors.
		William Logan was knighted by Queen Victoria and made a Chevalier of the Legion of Honour by Napoleon III for his outstanding work in promoting Canada at the great international expositions in London (1851) and Paris (1855).
		Sir William Logan was one of Canada's wealthiest citizens in his day, and often dipped into his own pocket to keep his employer afloat.
	www.nrcan.gc.ca /inter/factsheets10ya/facts_e.html (2129 words)

	About Dawson College
		Dawson College is located in the heart of downtown Montreal in a historic building on 12 acres of green space.
		A diversity of languages and cultures is represented at Dawson among the students, faculty and staff, reflecting the multiethnic character of Montreal itself.
		Dawson College was the first English-language institution in the Quebec network of CEGEPs when it opened its doors to 1,200 students in the fall of 1969.
	www.dawsoncollege.qc.ca /gead/about2.php (262 words)

	J. W. Dawson on the Glacial Theory
		If we ask what has been the origin of this great mass of shifted sand and drifted material, which overspreads the surface not only of the district we are now describing, but the greater part of the land of the northern hemisphere, we raise one of the most vexed questions of modern geology.
		In my former papers on the Post-pliocene of the St Lawrence, I have shown that the change of climate involved is not greater than that which may have been due to the subsidance of land, and to the change of course of the Arctic current, actually proved by the deposits themselves.
		On these points, the Report of the Geological Survey of Canada throws new light; though Sir William Logan, with his usual caution, has not committed himself to theoretical conclusions; and in one or two local cases he seems to favour the glacial theory.
	www.sentex.net /~tcc/jwdawson.html (2742 words)

	Dawson, Sir John William on Encyclopedia.com (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
		His son, George Mercer Dawson, 1849-1901, was a geologist (1873-75) for the North American Boundary Commission.
		Heretic hunting beyond the seas: John Brett and his encounter with the Marian exiles.
		Sir Hans Sloane as a collector of small sculpture.
	www.encyclopedia.com /html/D/Dawson-S1.asp (446 words)

	wikien.info: Main_Page (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
		It is rumoured that it was part of an effort to ensure that Sir William Dawson would not leave the university.
		The ethnological and archeological collection is one of the oldest in North America and began with Sir William Dawson's collection.
		The museum's important collection of fossils owes much of its beginning to Sir William Dawson who provided not only many of the fossils of plants from his native Nova Scotia, but procured many important specimens from around the world.
	www.hostingciamca.com /index.php?title=Redpath_Museum (414 words)

	McGill News -- A Leafy Legacy
		It was Sir William Dawson, McGill principal from 1855 to 1893, who was responsible for much of the early transformation of McGill's downtown grounds from "a ramshackle collection of deteriorating buildings" to the elegant urban oasis of a campus that we recognize today, according to biographer Susan Sheets-Pyenson.
		Having a mandate to transform McGill from a "tiny, poverty-stricken provincial school," as he first described it, into a full-fledged university, Dawson knew he had to attract students and impress the citizenry, and having a beautiful campus was a strong card to play.
		And the surviving catalpas are the offspring of Dawson's original catalpa that stood beside the Redpath, planted from the original's rattling seed pods.
	www.mcgill.ca /news/2001/summer/trees (625 words)

	Where Did Man First Appear?
		Sir William Dawson (110) had noted this circumstance in other parts of the New World and remarked upon one burial from the St. Lawrence Valley dated (at that time) as about 300 years old, in which warriors were buried with iron oxide treatment of the face precisely similar to those discovered by Dr.
		He suggested that in the case of the Indian burials it was an attempt to provide the dead with the means to appear in the presence of their ancestors with the appropriate war paint.
		Perhaps Dawson was not too far from the truth when he argued that prehistoric man quite probably enjoyed a culture very similar to that of many Indian tribes when first discovered by the White Man. He proposed that the very epithet "Red Indian" derives from this use of red ochre.
	www.custance.org /old/earlyman/ch4v.html (7007 words)

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		In Flanders Fields by John McCrae With an Essay in Character by Sir Andrew Macphail John McCrae, physician, soldier, and poet, died in France a Lieutenant-Colonel with the Canadian forces.
		Sir Bertrand Dawson has a lovely little spaniel, Sue, quite fl, who goes around with him.
		I am quite a favourite, and one day Sir Bertrand said to me, "She has brought you a present," and here she was waiting earnestly for me to remove from her mouth a small stone.
	www.textlibrary.com /download/in-fland.txt (22689 words)

	Past lives: Chronicles of Canadian Paleontology - Marie Stopes: paleobotanist at St. John
		This controversy dated from 1861 when J. William Dawson, the most respected paleobotanist in Canada declared that the abundant ferns, seed-ferns and sphenopsids from the "Fern Ledges" locality at St.
		A 2 cm-long stem of the sphenopsid plant Calamites was originally collected by Sir William Dawson from Fern Ledges near St. John, New Brunswick.
		Still, one wonders what Sir William Dawson, Presbyterian minister, would have thought of the sexual revolution initiated by the young woman hired to straighten out his paleobotanical work at "Fern Ledges".
	gsc.nrcan.gc.ca /paleochron/25_e.php (656 words)

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