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ABRAHAM GESNER (1797-1864)

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ABRAHAM
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GESNER (1797-1864)  ,
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Canadian geologist, was
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born in Nova
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Scotia in 1797 . He qualified as a
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doctor of
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medicine in
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London in 1827 . Returning to the Dominion, he published in 1836 Remarks on the
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Geology and
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Mineralogy of Nova Scotia, and continuing his researches he was enabled in 1843 to bring before the
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Geological Society of London " A Geological
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Map of Nova Scotia, with an accompanying Memoir " (Prot . Geol .
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Soc. iv . 186) . In 1849 he issued a
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volume on the
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industrial resources of the
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country . He dealt also with the geology and mineralogy of New
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Brunswick and
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Prince
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Edward's
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Island . Devoting himself to the economic
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side of geology in various parts of
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North
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America, he was enabled to bring out in 1861 A
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Practical
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Treatise on
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Coal,
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Petroleum and other Distilled
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Oils . He died at
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Halifax, N.S., on the 29th of
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April 1864 .

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