Dawson [2]

Dawson [2]

Dawson (spr. daoß'n), Georg Mercer, Geolog, geb. 1. Aug. 1849 in Pictou (Neuschottland), gest. 2. März 1901 in Ottawa (Kanada), studierte in Montreal und London, wurde Mitglied der Landesaufnahme von Britisch-Columbia und der Kommission für die Landesgrenzregulierung. Seit 1875 gehörte D. dem Geological Survey of Canada an, 1883 wurde er Mitdirektor und 1895 Direktor desselben, 1893 auch Präsident der Royal Society von Kanada. Die geologische Durchforschung der kanadischen Nordwestprovinzen und Britisch-Kolumbiens ist vornehmlich sein Werk. Er schrieb: »On the superficial geology of British Columbia« (1878); »Descriptive sketch of the physical geography and geology of the Dominion of Canada« (1884, mit Alfred R. C. Selwyn); »The mineral wealth of British-Columbia« (1888); »Observations of the Bering Sea« und einen vortrefflichen Abriß der physikalischen Geographie von Kanada (1897).


http://www.zeno.org/Meyers-1905. 1905–1909.

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