John William Dawson
1820 - 1899

- Born
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13 October 1820
Pictou, Nova Scotia, Canada
- Died
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19 November 1899
Montreal, Quebec, Canada
- Gender
- Male
- Date of election for Royal Society fellowship
- 05/06/1862
- Fields of Interest
- Geology
- Relationships
- Son of James Dawson, bookseller, of Nova Scotia, and his wife Mary Rankine; married (1847) Margaret A V Mercer, daughter of T Mercer of Edinburgh; father of George Mercer Dawson (FRS 1891)
- Catalogue
- View catalogue entry
- Wikipedia
- View wikipedia entry
Author of
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Unpublished paper, 'The Bakerian Lecture 1870: On the pre-Carboniferous flora of North-Eastern America, and more especially on that of the Devonian period' by J W [John William] Dawson
Creator: John William Dawson Reference number: AP/52/3 -
Paper, 'Supplementary report on explorations of erect trees containing animal remains in the coal-formation of Nova Scotia [Canada]' by Jonh William Dawson
Creator: John William Dawson Reference number: PP/20/1 -
Referee's report by William Carruthers, on a paper 'On the pre-carboniferous floras of North-Eastern America, with especial reference to that of the Erian (Devonian) Period' by John William Dawson
Creator: William Carruthers Reference number: RR/7/90 -
Referee's report by Thomas Henry Huxley, on a paper 'On the results of recent explorations of erect trees containing animal remains in the coal-formation of Nova Scotia' by John William Dawson
Creator: Thomas Henry Huxley Reference number: RR/8/285 -
Referee's report by William Boyd Dawkins, on a paper 'On the results of recent explorations of erect trees containing animal remains in the coal-formation of Nova Scotia' by John William Dawson
Creator: William Boyd Dawkins Reference number: RR/8/286 -
Detailed referee's report by William Boyd Dawkins, on a paper 'On the results of recent explorations of erect trees containing animal remains in the coal-formation of Nova Scotia' by John William Dawson
Creator: William Boyd Dawkins Reference number: RR/8/287