John William Dawson

John William Dawson
Author: Susan Sheets-Pyenson
Publisher: McGill-Queen's Press - MQUP
Total Pages: 304
Release: 1996
Genre: Canada
ISBN: 9780773513686

In the first full-length biography of John William Dawson (1820-1899), eminent scientist and principal of McGill University, Susan Sheets-Pyenson highlights the extraordinary scope of Dawson's educational and scientific career and his commitment to science, rationality, and the advancement of knowledge.

Sir John William Dawson

Sir John William Dawson
Author: Henry Marc Ami
Publisher: Palala Press
Total Pages: 68
Release: 2016-04-25
Genre:
ISBN: 9781354483480

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Sir John William Dawson Correspondence to H.A. Morrell

Sir John William Dawson Correspondence to H.A. Morrell
Author: Sir John William Dawson
Publisher:
Total Pages: 10
Release: 1869
Genre: Fossils
ISBN:

Correspondence from Canadian geologist Sir John William Dawson (1820-1899) to H.A. Morrell, of Maine, dated from 1869 to 1876. Letters respond to inquiries from Morrell regarding identification of fossils and the sale of fossil specimens. Morrell sent Dawson drawings, impressions, and original specimens, about which Dawson offered his opinions and sometimes sought for his own collection. In 1876, he writes about his displeasure with English biologist Thomas Henry Huxley (1825-1895), who "has had since 1870 a large part of my most valuble specimens, under the pretext of comparing them, and working up some general account of Carboniferous reptiles; but he has published nothing, and though I have written things, and have caused several friends to call on him, I can get no satisfaction."