Person Dawson; Sir; John William (1820 - 1899) Dawson John William Sir 1820 - 1899 Male Pictou, Nova Scotia, Canada 13 October 1820 Montreal, Quebec, Canada 19 November 1899

Montreal, Canada (1861)

Geology Education: MA (Edinburgh) Career: Professor of Geology, McGill University, Montreal , and Principal (1855-1893) Honours: CMG 1881; Kt 1884 Memberships: FGS (1854); Royal Society of Canada (first President) Son of James Dawson, bookseller, of Nova Scotia, and his wife Mary Rankine; married (1847) Margaret A V Mercer, daughter of T Mercer of Edinburgh; father of George Mercer Dawson (FRS 1891) Lectures: Bakerian 1870 Fellow 05/06/1862 Sources: Bulloch's Roll; DNB; DSB References: Susan Sheets-Pyenson, '"Pearls Before Swine": Sir William Dawson's Bakerian Lecture of 1870' in NR 1991 vol 45 pp 177-191, plate D C Martin, 'Visit by the Assistant Secretary to some North American Scientific Institutions' in NR 1952 vol 9 pp 356-364 R W Home, 'The Royal Society and the Empire: the colonial and Commonwealth Fellowship. Part 2. After 1847' in NR 2003 vol 57 pp 47-84 International Standard Archival Authority Record for Corporate Bodies, Persons and Families - ISAAR(CPF) - Ottawa 1996 ISBN 0-9696035-3-3 National Council on Archives, Rules for the Construction of Personal, Place and Corporate Names, 1997 13 Oct 1820 - 19 Nov 1899 NA6279 21/11/2001 Andyg Pmab 28/03/2023 RS_NET\JonathanB Yes http://viaf.org/viaf/5231467 f18246da-375b-47bb-9696-da874ebbbc91