See also:

• SIR

SIR See also:

• JOHN
• JOHN (1167–1216)
• JOHN (1290-c. 1320)
• JOHN (1296-1346)
• JOHN (1371–1419)
• JOHN (1468-1532)
• JOHN (1801-1873)
• JOHN (Heb. llni')
• JOHN (ZAPOLYA) (1487-1540)
• JOHN, 4TH MARQUESS OF TWEEDDALE (c. 1695-1762)
• JOHN, DON (1545-1578)
• JOHN, DON (1629–1679)
• JOHN, GOSPEL OF ST
• JOHN, or HAYS (1513–1571)
• JOHN, THE APOSTLE
• JOHN, THE EPISTLES OF

JOHN See also:

• WILLIAM
• WILLIAM (1143-1214)
• WILLIAM (1227-1256)
• WILLIAM (1J33-1584)
• WILLIAM (A.S. Wilhelm, O. Norse Vilhidlmr; O. H. Ger. Willahelm, Willahalm, M. H. Ger. Willehelm, Willehalm, Mod.Ger. Wilhelm; Du. Willem; O. Fr. Villalme, Mod. Fr. Guillaume; from " will," Goth. vilja, and " helm," Goth. hilms, Old Norse hidlmr, meaning
• WILLIAM (c. 1130-C. 1190)
• WILLIAM, 13TH

WILLIAM See also:

• DAWSON, GEORGE (1821-1876)
• SIR JOHN WILLIAM DAWSON (1820-1899)

DAWSON (1820-1899)  , See also:

• CANADIAN

Canadian geologist, was See also:

• BORN, IGNAZ, EDLER VON (1742–1791)

born at See also:

• PICTOU

Pictou, Nova See also:

• SCOTIA (Gr. o'Karca, shadow or darkness)

Scotia, on the 30th of See also:

• OCTOBER

October 182o . • Of Scottish descent, he went to See also:

• EDINBURGH

Edinburgh to See also:

• COMPLETE

complete his See also:

• EDUCATION

education, and graduated at the university in 1842, having gained a knowledge of See also:

• GEOLOGY (from Gr. yp7, the earth, and Abyor, science)

geology and natural See also:

• HISTORY

history from See also:

• ROBERT
• ROBERT (1275—1343)
• ROBERT, HUBERT (1753-1808)
• ROBERT, LOUIS LEOPOLD (1794-1835)

Robert See also:

• JAMESON (or JAMESONE), GEORGE (c. 1587–1644)
• JAMESON, ANNA BROWNELL (1794-1860)
• JAMESON, LEANDER STARR (1853– )
• JAMESON, ROBERT (1774-1854)

Jameson . On his return to Nova Scotia in 1842 he accompanied See also:

• SIR

Sir See also:

• CHARLES
• CHARLES (1270-1325)
• CHARLES (1421-1461)
• CHARLES (1525-1574)
• CHARLES (c. 1319-1364)
• CHARLES (Fr. Charles; Span. Carlos; Ital. Carlo; Ger. Karl; derived from O.H.G. Charal,latinized as Carolus, meaning originally " man ": cf. Mod.Ger., Kerl," fellow," A.S. ceorl, Mod. Eng. " churl ")
• CHARLES (KARL EITEL ZEPHYRIN LUDWIG; in Rum. CAROL)
• CHARLES [KARL ALEXANDER] (1712-1780)
• CHARLES, ELIZABETH (1828-1896)
• CHARLES, JACQUES ALEXANDRE CESAR (1746-1823)
• CHARLES, THOMAS (1755-1814)

Charles See also:

• LYELL, SIR CHARLES (1797-1875)

Lyell on his first visit to that territory . Subsequently he was appointed to the See also:

• POST

post of See also:

• SUPERINTENDENT

superintendent of education (1850-1853); at the same See also:

• TIME (0. Eng. Lima, cf. Icel. timi, Swed. timme, hour, Dan. time; from the root also seen in " tide," properly the time of between the flow and ebb of the sea, cf. O. Eng. getidan, to happen, " even-tide," &c.; it is not directly related to Lat. tempus)
• TIME, MEASUREMENT OF
• TIME, STANDARD

time he entered zealously into the geology of thl' See also:

• COUNTRY (from the Mid. Eng. contre or contrie, and O. Fr. cuntree; Late Lat. contrata, showing the derivation from contra, opposite, over against, thus the tract of land which fronts the sight, cf. Ger. Gegend, neighbourhood)

country, making a See also:

• SPECIAL

special study of the . fossil forests of the See also:

• COAL

coal-See also:

• MEASURES

measures . From these strata, in See also:

• COMPANY

company with Lyell (during his second visit) in 1852, he obtained the first remains of an "See also:

• AIR (from an Indo-European root meaning " breathe," " blow ")
• AIR, or ASBEN

air-breathing reptile" named Dendrerpeton . He also described the fossil See also:

• PLANTS

plants of the See also:

• SILURIAN

Silurian, Devonian and Carboniferous rocks of See also:

• CANADA

Canada for the See also:

• GEOLOGICAL

Geological Survey of that country (1871-1873) . From 1855 to 1893 he was See also:

• PROFESSOR (the Latin noun formed from the verb profiteri, to declare publicly, to acknowledge, profess)

professor of geology and See also:

• PRINCIPAL

principal of M'Gill University, See also:

• MONTREAL

Montreal, an institution which under his See also:

• INFLUENCE (Late Lat. influentia, from influere, to flow in)

influence attained a high reputation . He was elected F.R.S. in 1862 . When the Royal Society of Canada was constituted he was the first to occupy the presidential See also:

• CHAIR (in. Mid. Eng. chcere, through O. Fr. chaire or chaiere, from Lat. cathedra, later caledra, Gr. xaOi3pa, seat, cf. "cathedral"; the modern Fr. form chaise, a chair, has been adopted in English with a particular meaning as a form of carriage; chaire

chair, and he also acted as See also:

• PRESIDENT (Fr. president, from Lat. praesidens, post-Augustan Lat. for praeses, director, ruler, from praesidere, to sit in front of, preside)

president of the See also:

• BRITISH

British Association at its See also:

• MEETING (from " to meet," to come together, assemble, 0. Eng. metals ; cf. Du. moeten, Swed. mota, Goth. gamotjan, &c., derivatives of the Teut. word for a meeting, seen in O. Eng. Wit, moot, an assembly of the people; cf. witanagemot)

meeting at See also:

• BIRMINGHAM

Birmingham in 1886, and of the See also:

• AMERICAN

American Association for the See also:

• ADVANCEMENT

Advancement of See also:

• SCIENCE (Lat. scientia, from scire; to learn, know)

Science . Sir - See also:

• WILLIAM
• WILLIAM (1143-1214)
• WILLIAM (1227-1256)
• WILLIAM (1J33-1584)
• WILLIAM (A.S. Wilhelm, O. Norse Vilhidlmr; O. H. Ger. Willahelm, Willahalm, M. H. Ger. Willehelm, Willehalm, Mod.Ger. Wilhelm; Du. Willem; O. Fr. Villalme, Mod. Fr. Guillaume; from " will," Goth. vilja, and " helm," Goth. hilms, Old Norse hidlmr, meaning
• WILLIAM (c. 1130-C. 1190)
• WILLIAM, 13TH

William See also:

• DAWSON, GEORGE (1821-1876)
• DAWSON, SIR JOHN WILLIAM (1820-1899)

Dawson's name is especially associated with the Eozoon canadense, which in 1864 he described as an organism having the structure of a foraminifer . It was found in the Laurentian rocks, regarded as the See also:

• OLDEST

oldest known geological See also:

• SYSTEM

system . His views on the subject were contested at the time, and have since been disproved, the so-called organism being now regarded as a See also:

• MINERAL

mineral structure .

He was created C.M.G. in 1881, and was knighted in 1884 . In his books on geological subjects he maintained a distinctly theological attitude, declining to admit the descent or See also:

• EVOLUTION

evolution of See also:

• MAN
• MAN, ISLE OF (anc. Mona)

man from See also:

• BRUTE, SIMON WILLIAM GABRIEL (1779–1839)

brute ancestors, and holding that the human See also:

• SPECIES

species only made its See also:

• APPEARANCE (from Lat. apparere, to appear)

appearance on this See also:

• EARTH
• EARTH (a word common to Teutonic languages, cf. Ger. Erde, Dutch aarde, Swed. and Dan. jord; outside Teutonic it appears only in the Gr. 'pq'e, on the ground; it has been connected by some etymologists with the Aryan root ar-, to plough, which is seen in
• EARTH, FIGURE OF
• EARTH, FIGURE OF THE

earth within quite See also:

• RECENT

recent times . Besides many See also:

• MEMOIRS

memoirs in the Transactions of learned See also:

• SOCIETIES, LEARNED

societies, he published See also:

• ACADIAN

Acadian Geology: The geological structure, organic remains and mineral resources of Nova Scotia, New See also:

• BRUNSWICK
• BRUNSWICK (Ger. Braunschweig)
• BRUNSWICK, KARL WILHELM FERDINAND, DUKE OF (1735-18o6)

Brunswick, and See also:

• PRINCE
• PRINCE (Lat. princeps, from primus capio, " I am the first to take "; Ital. principe, Fr. prince)

Prince See also:

• EDWARD

Edward See also:

• ISLAND (O.E. ieg =isle, +land')

Island (1855; ed . 3, 1878); Air-breathers of the Coal See also:

• PERIOD
• PERIOD (Gr. irepioSos, a going or way round, circuit, aepi, round, and &Sis, way, road)

Period (1863); The See also:

• STORY, JOHN (c. 1510-1571)
• STORY, JOSEPH (1779-1845)
• STORY, ROBERT HERBERT (1835-1907)
• STORY, WILLIAM WETMORE (1819—1895)

Story of the Earth and Man (1873; ed . 6, 188o) ; The See also:

• DAWN (the 16th-century form of the earlier " Jawing " or " dawning," from an old verb " daw," O. Eng. dagian, to become day; cf. Dutch dagen, and Ger. tagen)

Dawn of See also:

• LIFE

Life (1875) ; Fossil Men and their See also:

• MODERN

Modern Representatives (188o) ; Geological History of Plants (1888); The Canadian See also:

• ICE (a word common to Teutonic languages; cf. Ger. Eis)

Ice See also:

• AGE (Fr. age, through late Lat. aetaticum, from aetas)

Age (1894) . He died on the loth of See also:

• NOVEMBER (Lat. novem, nine)

November 1899 . His son, See also:

• GEORGE
• GEORGE, 8TH MARQUESS OF TWEEDDALE (1787-1876)
• GEORGE, HENRY (1839—1897)
• GEORGE, LAKE
• GEORGE, SAINT (d. 303)

GEORGE See also:

• MERCER (through Fr. mercier, from popular Lat. mercerius, a dealer, merx, merces, merchandise)

MERCER DAWSON (1849-1901), was born at Pictou on the 1st of See also:

• AUGUST (originally Sextilis)

August 1849, and received his education at M'Gill University and the Royal School of Mines, See also:

• LONDON

London, where he had a brilliant career . In 1873 he was appointed geologist and naturalist to the See also:

• NORTH
• NORTH, BARONS
• NORTH, MARIANNE (1830—1890)
• NORTH, ROGER (1653-1734)
• NORTH, SIR THOMAS (1535?-16o1?)

North American boundary See also:

• COMMISSION (from Lat. commissio, committere)

commission, and two years later he joined the See also:

• STAFF (O. Eng. staef, cf. Du. staf, Ger. Stab, &c.; Icel. stafr meant also a written letter, and O. Eng. stafas, the letters of the alphabet; " stave," one of the thin pieces of wood of which a cask is made, is a doublet)

staff of the geological survey of Canada, of which he became assistant director in 1883, and director in 1895 . He was in See also:

• CHARGE
• CHARGE (through the Fr. from the Late Lat. carricare, to load in a carrus or wagon; cf. " cargo ")

charge of the Canadian See also:

• GOVERNMENT
• GOVERNMENT (0. Fr. governement, mod. gouvernement, O. Fr. governer, mod. gouverner, from Lat. gubernare, to steer a ship, guide, rule; cf. Gr. xv(3epvav)

government's See also:

• YUKON

Yukon expedition in 1887, and his name is permanently written in Dawson See also:

• CITY (through Fr. cite, from Lat. civitas)

City, of See also:

• GOLD
• GOLD [symbol Au, atomic weight 195.7(H = 1),197.2(0 =16)]

gold-bearing fame . As one of the See also:

• BERING (BEHRING), VITUS (1680-1741)

Bering See also:

• SEA (in O. Eng. sae, a common Teutonic word; cf. Ger. See, Dutch Zee, &c.; the ultimate source is uncertain)
• SEA, COMMAND OF THE

Sea Commissioners he spent the summer of 1891 investigating the facts of the See also:

• SEAL
• SEAL, FUR
• SEAL, HAIR

seal See also:

• FISHERIES

fisheries on the See also:

• NORTHERN

northern coasts of See also:

• ASIA

Asia and See also:

• AMERICA

America . For his services there, and at the subsequent See also:

• ARBITRATION (Lat. arbitrari, to examine or judge)
• ARBITRATION, INTERNATIONAL

arbitration in See also:

• PARIS
• PARIS (also called ALEXANDROS)
• PARIS, ALEXIS PAULIN (1800-x881)
• PARIS, BRUNO PAULIN GASTON (1839-1903)
• PARIS, FRANCOIS DE (169o-1727)
• PARIS, LOUIS PHILIPPE ALBERT
• PARIS, TREATIES OF (1814-1815)

Paris, he was made a C.M.G . He was elected F.R.S. in 1891, and in the same See also:

• YEAR

year was awarded the See also:

• BIGSBY, JOHN JEREMIAH (1792-1881)

Bigsby See also:

• MEDAL (Fr. medaille, from Lat. metallum)

medal by the Geological Society of London .

He was president of the Royal Society of Canada in 1893 . He died on the 2nd of See also:

• MARCH
• MARCH (1) (from Fr. marcher, to walk; the earliest sense in French appears to be " to trample," and the origin has usually been found in the Lat. marcus, hammer; Low Lat. marcare, to hammer; hence to beat the road with the regular tread of a soldier: cf.
• MARCH, AUZIAS (c. "1395-1458)
• MARCH, EARLS OF
• MARCH, FRANCIS ANDREW (1825– )

March 1901 . He was the author of many scientific papers and reports, especially on the See also:

• SURFACE

surface geology and glacial phenomena of the northern and western parts of Canada .