Authorised form of name | Dawson; George Mercer (1849 - 1901) |
Surname | Dawson |
Forenames | George Mercer |
Dates | 1849 - 1901 |
Nationality | Canadian |
Dates and places | Birth: Pictou, Nova Scotia, Canada (02 February 1849) Death: Ottawa, Canada (02 March 1901) |
Activity | Education: McGill College, Montreal; Royal School of Mines, London. DSc Career: Returned to Canada (1872); botanist and geologist to the commission for drawing the boundary between Canada and the United States; collected natural history specimens; worked on the Canadian Geological Survey, making expeditions to the North West and British Columbia; Assistant Director, Geological Survey of Canada (1883); member of the Bering Sea Commision (1891); Director (1895); died of bronchitis Honours: CMG 1891 Memberships: FGS; ARSM; FRSC |
Royal Society activity | Membership: Fellow Election Date: 4/06/1891 |
Relationships | Son of Sir John William Dawson (FRS 1862); unmarried |
Sources | Sources: Bulloch's Roll; DNB |
Royal Society code | NA7139 |
Archives associated with this Fellow
Reference number | Title | Date |
EC/1891/08 | Dawson, George Mercer: certificate of election to the Royal Society | |
NLB/5/839 | Copy letter from Herbert Rix, to Dr George Mercer Dawson, Fellow of the Royal Society | 2 November 1891 |
NLB/9/547 | Copy letter from Herbert Rix, to Dr George Mercer Dawson, Fellow of the Royal Society, Geological Survey Office, Sussex Street, Ottawa, Canada | 1 June 1894 |
NLB/9/676 | Copy letter from Herbert Rix, to Dr George Mercer Dawson, Fellow of the Royal Society | 27 June 1894 |
NLB/9/986 | Copy letter from Theodore E James, to Dr George Mercer Dawson, Fellow of the Royal Society | 2 August 1894 |
NLB/16/555 | Copy letter from Robert William Frederick Harrison, to G M Dawson, Fellow of the Royal Society, Geological Survey, Sussex Street, Ottawa, Canada | 28 April 1898 |
NLB/19/226 | Copy letter from Robert William Frederick Harrison, to Dr George Mercer Dawson, Fellow of the Royal Society, Sussex Street, Ottawa, Canada | 13 July 1899 |
NLB/19/348 | Copy letter from Michael Foster, to the Secretary of the Connecticut Academy of Arts and Sciences | 19 August 1899 |
NLB/19/390 | Copy letter from Michael Foster, to Professor Ernest William Brown, [Fellow of the Royal Society] | 9 September 1899 |