Person Dawson; George Mercer (1849 - 1901) Dawson George Mercer 1849 - 1901 Canadian Male Pictou, Nova Scotia, Canada 02 February 1849 Ottawa, Canada 02/03/1901 19010302

Ottawa, Canada (1888)

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 Son of Sir John William Dawson (FRS 1862); unmarried Fellow 04/06/1891 Sources: Bulloch's Roll; DNB 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 2 Aug 1849 - 2 Mar 1901 NA7139 21/11/2001 Andyg Pmab 15/09/2023 RS_NET\HirraA Yes http://viaf.org/viaf/5231553 fcd8895a-d232-4825-8e62-8e363af7b30d