Sir William Logan and Sir J.W. Dawson: Victorian Geology as Scottish Science in a New World Environment
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Sir William Logan and Sir J.W. Dawson: Victorian Geology as Scottish Science in a New World Environment
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| Abstract |
The Montreal-born William Edmond Logan (1798-1875) was appointed, in 1842, the first head of the then Montreal-based Geological Survey of Canada. The Nova Scotia-born John William Dawson (1820-1899) served as professor of geology and Principal at McGill University from 1855-1893. Both were of Scottish descent and both studied at the University of Edinburgh.
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Kingdom of the Mind: How the Scots Helped Make Canada
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Montreal and Kingston
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McGill-Queen's University Press
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2006
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167-182
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en
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978-0-7735-7641-4
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| Citation |
Zeller, Suzanne. “Sir William Logan and Sir J.W. Dawson: Victorian Geology as Scottish Science in a New World Environment.” In Kingdom of the Mind: How the Scots Helped Make Canada, edited by Peter E. Rider and Heather McNabb, 167–182. Montreal and Kingston: McGill-Queen’s University Press, 2006.
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