John William Dawson
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Canadian geologist, principal of McGill University
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(Suggest an Edit or Addition)According to Wikipedia, Sir John William Dawson was a Canadian geologist and university administrator. Life and work John William Dawson was born on 13 October 1820 in Pictou, Nova Scotia, where he attended and graduated from Pictou Academy. Of Scottish descent, Dawson attended the University of Edinburgh to complete his education, and graduated in 1842, having gained a knowledge of geology and natural history from Robert Jameson.
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- Handbook of zoology (184)
- The Fossil Plants of the Devonian and Upper Silurian Formations of Canada (98)
- On Fossil Plants from the Devonian Rocks of Canada (1859) (94)
- Impressions and footprints of aquatic animals and imitative markings on Carboniferous rocks (1873) (89)
- On the Remains of a Reptile (Dendrerpeton Acadianum, Wyman and Owen) and of a Land Shell discovered in the Interior of an Erect Fossil Tree in the Coal Measures of Nova Scotia (1853) (52)
- On the Flora of the Devonian Period in North-eastern America (1862) (51)
- On the Coal-Measures of the South Joggins, Nova Scotia (1854) (34)
- The Geological History of Plants (1888) (31)
- On Burrows and Tracks of Invertebrate Animals in Palæozoic Rocks, and other Markings (1890) (28)
- On the Conditions of the Deposition of Coal, more especially as illustrated by the Coal-formation of Nova Scotia and New Brunswick (1866) (28)
- On a Terrestrial Mollusk, a Chilognathous Myriapod, and some New Species of Reptiles, from the Coal-Formation of Nova Scotia (1860) (28)
- Air-breathers of the coal period; a descriptive account of the remains of land animals found in the coal formation of Nova Scotia, with remarks on their bearing on theories of the formation of coal and of the origin of species. (24)
- On the Structure of certain Organic Remains in the Laurentian Limestones of Canada (1865) (19)
- Notice of the Discovery of Additional Remains of Land Animals in the Coal-Measures of the South Joggins, Nova Scotia (1862) (19)
- The fossil plants of the Devonian and Upper Silurian formations of Canada by J.W. Dawson. (16)
- The Canadian ice age (13)
- The fossil plants of the Erian (Devonian) and Upper Silurian formations of Canada, part II (13)
- THE RIVERS OF EDEN. (1895) (12)
- On spore cases in coals (1871) (11)
- The Story of the Earth and Man (9)
- On a Modern Submerged Forest at Fort Lawrence, Nova Scotia (1855) (9)
- V.—Note on Footprints from the Carboniferous of Nova Scotia, in the Collection of the Geological Survey of Canada (1872) (9)
- Notice of the Occurrence of Upright Calamites near Pictou, Nova Scotia (1851) (9)
- On the Newer Coal Formation of the Eastern Part of Nova Scotia (1845) (9)
- On the results of recent explorations of erect trees containing animal remains in the coal-formation of Nova Scotia by J. W. Dawson. (9)
- Notice of a New Species of Dendrerpeton, and of the Dermal Coverings of certain Carboniferous Reptiles (1863) (8)
- On a recent discovery of Carboniferous batrachians in Nova Scotia (1876) (7)
- XII. Additional report on erect trees containing animal remains in the coal formation of Nova Scotia (6)
- Revision of the land snails of the Paleozoic era, with descriptions of new species (1880) (6)
- Correlation of the geological structure of the maritime province of Canada with that of western Europe. (1887) (6)
- Notices of some Fossils found in the Coal Formation of Nova Scotia (1846) (6)
- Note on a Specimen of Diploxylon from the Coal-formation of Nova Scotia (1877) (6)
- I.—On Some Remains of Palæozic Insects recently discovered in Nova Scotia and New Brunswick (1867) (6)
- On the Vegetable Structures in Coal (1859) (6)
- On the Lower Coal-measures, as developed in British America (1859) (5)
- On the Colouring Matter of Red Sandstones and of Greyish and White Beds associated with them (1849) (5)
- On the flora of the Devonian period in northeastern America (1863) (5)
- The dawn of life (5)
- III.—Note on two Palæozoic Crustaceans from Nova Scotia (1877) (5)
- I. On the results of recent explorations of erect trees containing reptilian remains in the coal formation of Nova Scotia (5)
- On the correlation of early Cretaceous floras in Canada and the United States, and on some new plants of this period (4)
- New facts respecting the geological relations and fossil remains of the Silurian iron ores of Pictou, Nova Scotia by J. W. Dawson. (4)
- Notes on the Occurrence of Eozoon canadense at Côte St. Pierre (1876) (4)
- The Origin and Antiquity of Man (1900) (4)
- On the Eozoic and Palæozoic Rocks of the Atlantic Coast of Canada, in Comparison with those of Western Europe and of the Interior of America (1888) (4)
- On the Lower Carboniferous Rocks, or Gypsiferous Formation of Nova Scotia (1845) (4)
- On the Microscopic Structure of Stromatoporidæ, and on Palæozoic Fossils mineralized with Silicates, in illustration of Eozoon (1879) (4)
- The Oldest-known Insects (1881) (4)
- Note on recent controversies respecting Eozoon Canadense (3)
- Notice of specimens of the wheat midge from Nova Scotia (1850) (3)
- Note on fossil woods and other plant remains, from the Cretaceous and Laramie formations of the western territories of Canada (3)
- On new specimens of Eozoon canadense..., with a reply to the objections of Professors King and Rowney (1868) (3)
- I.—On New Specimens of Dendrepeton Acadianum, with Remarks on other Carboniferous Amphibians (1891) (3)
- Notes on Fossils recently obtained from the Laurentian Rocks of Canada, and on objections to the Organic nature of Eozoon (1867) (3)
- Carboniferous Land Shells (1876) (3)
- II. Supplementary report on explorations of erect trees containing animal remains in the coal-formation of Nova Scotia (3)
- On the Graphite of the Laurentian of Canada (1869) (3)
- The origin of the world according to revelation and science (3)
- On portions of the skeleton of a whale from gravel on the line of the Canada Pacific Railway, near Smith's Falls, Ont (1883) (3)
- On the Discovery of a new Pulmonate Mollusk [Zonites (Conulus) priscus, Cpr.)] in the Coal-formation of Nova Scotia (1867) (3)
- Note on the Genus Naiadites, as occurring in the Coal Formation of Nova Scotia (1894) (3)
- A hand book of the geography and natural history of the province of Nova Scotia (2)
- II.—Note on the Geological Relations of Rocks from Assouan and its Neighbourhood (1886) (2)
- IV.—Note on Hylonomus Lyelli, with Photographic Reproduction of Skeleton (1891) (2)
- Note on the Relations of the Supposed Carboniferous Plants of Bear Island with the Palæozoic Flora of North America (1873) (2)
- XL.—On spore-cases in coals (1871) (2)
- Note on a Carpolite from the Coal-Formation of Cape Breton (1861) (2)
- Moebius on Eozoon canadense. (1879) (2)
- Lower Carboniferous fishes of New Brunswick (2)
- On portions of the skeleton of a whale from gravel on the line of the Canada Pacific railway, near Smith's Falls, Ontario by J. W. Dawson. (2)
- On the New Red Sandstone of Nova Scotia (1848) (2)
- Report on the coal fields of the east coast of Vancouver Island, with a map of their distribution (2)
- Some salient points in the science of the earth / by Sir J. William Dawson. (2)
- I.—Note on New Facts relating to Eozoon Canadense (1888) (2)
- Note on supposed Burrows of Worms in the Laurentian Rocks of Canada (1866) (2)
- On new plants from the Erian and Carboniferous (2)
- Some recent Discussions in Geology (2)
- III.—Eozoon canadense, according to Hahn (1876) (2)
- DAWSON'S ZOOLOGY. (2)
- Note on the Phosphates of the Laurentian and Cambrian Rocks of Canada (1876) (2)
- Lower Carboniferous fishes of New Brunswick by Principal Dawson. (1)
- XIV.—On Mr. Carter's objections to Eozoon (1876) (1)
- Notice of the Discovery of a Reptilian Skull in the Coal of Pictou (1855) (1)
- Specimens of Eozoon Canadense and Their Geological and Other Relations (1)
- Note on Balanus hameri in the Pleistocene at Rivière Beaudette, and on the occurrence of peculiar varieties of Mya arenaria and M. truncata in the modern sea and in the Pleistocene (1)
- A Fossil Plant—Misquotation (1878) (1)
- Note on cryptozoon and other ancient fossils by Sir William Dawson. (1)
- On the Albert Mine, Hilsborough, New Brunswick (1853) (1)
- Nature and the Bible : a course of lectures, delivered in New York on the Morse Foundation of the Union Theological Seminary (1)
- The Fossils Plants of the Devonian and Upper Silurian Formations of Canada : With Twenty Plates (1)
- Tides of the Gulf and River St. Lawrence and Bay of Fundy (1899) (1)
- I.—Notes on the Geology of Egypt (1884) (1)
- I.—Notes on the Geology of the Nile Valley (1884) (1)
- First lessons in scientific agriculture for schools and private instruction / by J.W. Dawson. (1)
- Carpenter on Eozoon (1892) (1)
- Modern ideas of evolution as related to revelation and science / By J. William Dawson. (1)
- On an Erect Sigillaria from the South Joggins, Nova Scotia (1861) (1)
- On an Undescribed Fossil Fern from the Lower Coal-Measures of Nova Scotia (1861) (1)
- Dr. P. P. Carpenter's Collection (1878) (1)
- Address of J. W. Dawson (1875) (1)
- The Canadian ice age being notes on the pleistocene geology of Canada : with especial reference to the life of the period and its climatal conditions / by Sir J. William Dawson. (1)
- On the bearing of Devonian botany on questions as to the origin and extinction of species (1871) (1)
- On the cretaceous and tertiary floras of British Columbia and the North-West Territory by J.W. Dawson. (1)
- The geological history of plants / by Sir J. William Dawson. (1)
- Observations on the Geology of the Line of the Canadian Pacific Railway (1884) (1)
- Report on the fossil plants of the lower carboniferous and millstone grit formations of Canada by J.W. Dawson. (1)
- The Bakerian Lecture—On the pre-carboniferous floras of North-Eastern America, with especial reference to that of the Erian (Devonian) Period (1)
- On the Upper Coal-formation of Eastern Nova Scotia and Prince-Edward Island in its Relation to the Permian (1874) (1)
- Deposits of the Nile Delta (1)
- A modern type of plant in the cretaceous. (1885) (0)
- The chain of life in geological time (0)
- On the structure and affinities of Sigillaria, Calamites and Calamodendron by J.W. Dawson. (0)
- III.—Notes on the Geology of Prince Edward Island, in the Gulf of St. Lawrence (1872) (0)
- Reports and Proceedings (1866) (0)
- Present day tracts : on man in relation to the Bible and Christianity (0)
- The Sign of Jonah. II (1895) (0)
- On American Devonian (1863) (0)
- Note on Mr. Lesley's Paper on the Coal-Measures of Cape Breton (0)
- On the Structure and Affinities of Sigillaria, Calamites, and Calamodendron (1870) (0)
- Notice of the Gypsum of Plaister Cove in the Strait of Canseau (1849) (0)
- Facts and fancies in modern science : studies of the relations of science to prevalent speculations and religious belief. Being the lectures on the Samuel A. Crozer foundation in connection with the Crozer theological seminary, for 1881 (0)
- Note on recent controversies respecting Eozoon Canadense by Principal Dawson. (0)
- On the Metamorphic and Metalliferous Rocks of Eastern Nova Scotia (1850) (0)
- On fossil plants collected by Mr. R.A. [i.e. R.G.] McConnell, on Mackenzie River, and by Mr. T.C. Weston, on Bow River (0)
- On Cretaceous plants from Port McNeil, Vancouver Island (0)
- The story of the earth and man / by J.W. Dawson. (0)
- On the Graphite of the Laurentian of Canada (1870) (0)
- Note on fossil woods from British Columbia, collected by Mr. Richardson (1874) (0)
- Additional Notes on the Red Sandstones of Nova Scotia (1852) (0)
- Prince Edward Island, No. 5 (0)
- American Lake Basins and Arctic Currents (1873) (0)
- Handbook of zoology with examples from Canadian species, recent and fossil : by J.W. Dawson. (0)
- Notes on fossils recently obtained from the Laurentian rocks of Canada, and on objections to the organic nature of eozoon (1867) (0)
- Relics of primeval life : beginning of life in the dawn of geological time / by Sir J. William Dawson ; with sixty-five illustrations. (0)
- Merenptah and the Israelites II (1896) (0)
- Hand-book of Zoology, with Examples from Canadian Species, Recent and Fossil (0)
- Natural history in its educational aspects (0)
- Eozoön Canadense (0)
- Marine Boulder Clay, and other Deposits (1875) (0)
- Notes on fossils recenty obtained from the Laurentian rocks of Canada and on objections to the organic nature of Eozoon / by J. W. Dawson ; with notes by W.B. Carpenter. (0)
- On the genus Lepidophloios as illustrated by specimens from the coal formation of Nova Scotia and New Brunswick (0)
- Deposits of the Nile Delta (0)
- A handbook of the geography and natural history of the province of Nova Scotia for the use of schools, families, and travellers / by J.W. Dawson. (0)
- On the flora of the Devonian period in northeastern America (1863) (0)
- A hand book of the geography and natural history of the province of Nova Scotia, for the use of schools and families (0)
- Report on the coalfields of Vancouver and Queen Charlotte Islands, with a map of the distribution of the former, by Mr. James Richardson (0)
- On the discovery of a new pulmonate mollusk in the coal-formation of Nova Scotia (0)
- Reports and Proceedings (1884) (0)
- On the Structure and Affinities of Sigillaria, Calamities and Calamodendron (1871) (0)
- Address of the Returning President, Dr. J. W. Dawson, at Minneapolis, Aug. 15, 1883 (1883) (0)
- Handbook of zoology with examples from Canadian species, recent and fossil by Sir J. William Dawson. (0)
- A new Erian (Devonian) plant allied to Cordaites. (1889) (0)
- 2. On the mode of occurrence of Gypsum in Nova Scotia, and on its probable origin. (0)
- Relics of primeval life, by Sir J. William Dawson ... With sixty-five illustrations. (0)
- Note on a specimen of Diploxylon from the coal-formation of Nova Scotia by J.W. Dawson. (0)
- On the Structure of the Albion Coal-Measures, Nova Scotia (1854) (0)
- Recent Publications (1900) (0)
- [Report of the Secretary and Treasurer of the Royal Society] (0)
- Additional Note to Sir William Dawson's Paper on the Geology of Egypt (1884) (0)
- Stromatopora and Caunopora (1881) (0)
- Appendix II: Note on fossil plants collected by Dr. Selwyn, in the Lignite Tertiary Formation of Roche Percée, Souris River (0)
- Eozoön Canadense (0)
- Annual meeting of the Natural History Society of Montreal address of the president, Principal Dawson, LL.D., F.R.S. (0)
- Recent discoveries in the Erian (Devonian) flora of the United States (1882) (0)
- Note on Carboniferous Entomostraca from Nova Scotia, in the Peter Redpath Museum, determined and described by Prof. T. Rupert Jones, F.R. S., and Mr. Kirby by Sir J. William Dawson. (0)
- I.—Notes on the Geology of the Nile Valley (1884) (0)
- On Spore‐eases in Coals (1871) (0)
- The meeting place of geology and history by Sir J. William Dawson. (0)
- On the microscopic structure of Stromatoporidae (0)
- IV.—Canadian Pleistocene (1883) (0)
- Letter from J. William Dawson to William Osler (1872) (0)
- Revision of the land snails of the Paleozoic era, with descriptions of new species by J.W. Dawson. (0)
- Geological Relations of Gold in Nova Scotia (1881) (0)
- Life of Sir William E. Logan, Kt., LL.D., F.R.S., F.G.S., &C., First Director of the Geological Survey of Canada. Chiefly Compiled from His Letters, Journals and Reports (0)
- Dawson's Zoology (0)
- First lessons in the scientific principles of agriculture for schools and private instruction / by Sir Wm. Dawson. (0)
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