| 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 |