Victorian Montreal Scientists Read the World's Scientific Literature

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Author/collaborator
Title
Victorian Montreal Scientists Read the World's Scientific Literature
Abstract
An abstract of a paper given at the Canadian Library Association annual conference in 1991, held in Montreal. The author describes the scientific reading material of Elkanah Billings (1820-1876), who in 1846 was hired to be the first paleontologist for the Montreal-based Geological Survey of Canada; Sir John William Dawson (1820-1899), a geologist and Principal of McGill University from 1855 to 1893; and Sir William Edmond Logan (1798-1875), a geologist who was the director of the Geological Survey of Canada from 1842 to 1870.
Publication
Épilogue
Volume
Vol. 12
Pages
23-24
Date
Fall 1991
Language
en
Citation
MacDonald, Bertrum H. “Victorian Montreal Scientists Read the World’s Scientific Literature.” Épilogue Vol. 12 (Fall 1991): 23–24.
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