Author:John William Dawson

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John William Dawson
(1820–1899)

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Geologist and McGill University professor

Works

Books

Acadian geology, 1855 Internet Archive identifier: cihm_44216
Archaia, or, Studies of the cosmogony and natural history of the Hebrew scriptures, 1860 Internet Archive identifier: studiesofcosmogo00unknuoft
Air-breathers of the coal period, 1863 Internet Archive identifier: cihm_53273
First lessons in scientific agriculture, 1864 Internet Archive identifier: cihm_38927
Acadian geology. [With Suppl. chapter.], 1868 Internet Archive identifier: acadiangeologyw00dawsgoog
Handbook of zoology, 1870 {IAl|cihm_02623|external scan}}
The fossil plants of the Devonian and Upper Silurian formations of Canada, 1871 Internet Archive identifier: cihm_05906
Some salient points in the science of the earth, 1873 Internet Archive identifier: somesalientpoint00dawsiala
The story of the earth and man, 1873 Internet Archive identifier: storyearthandma02dawsgoog
Dawn of life, 1875 Internet Archive identifier: b21706049
Nature and the Bible. 1875 Internet Archive identifier: naturebiblecours01daws
Egypt and Syria: Their Physical Features in Relation to Bible History
The origin of the world according to revelation and science, 1877 Internet Archive identifier: originofworldac00daws
Fossil Men and Their Modern Representatives, 1880 Internet Archive identifier: fossilmenandthe00dawsgoog
Lectures, notes on geology, and outline of the geology of Canada, 1880 Internet Archive identifier: cihm_06052
The chain of life in geological time, 1880 Internet Archive identifier: cihm_02373
Facts and fancies in modern science, 1882 Internet Archive identifier: b21498404
Egypt and Syria, 1885 Internet Archive identifier: egyptandsyriathe00dawsuoft
The geological history of plants, 1888 Internet Archive identifier: geologicalhisto00dawsgoog
Some salient points in the science of the earth, 1894 Internet Archive identifier: cu31924004610782
Eden lost and won, 1895 Internet Archive identifier: cihm_06829
Relics of Primeval Life, 1897 Internet Archive identifier: relicsprimevall00dawsgoog
Fifty years of work in Canada, scientific and educational, 1901 Internet Archive identifier: fiftyyearsworki00dawsgoog

Other

On the geology of Cape Breton, 1843 Internet Archive identifier: cihm_18522
A hand book of the geography and natural history of the province of Nova Scotia, 1848 (short work) Internet Archive identifier: cihm_37346
On the course of collegiate education adapted to the circumstances of British America, 1855 (short work) Internet Archive identifier: cihm_22525
Notice of tertiary fossils from Labrador, Maine, &c.: and remarks on the climate of Canada, in the newer Pliocene or Pleistocene period, 1859 (short work) Internet Archive identifier: cihm_67140
Reports and testimonials relating to the Iron Mines of Nova Scotia, 1855 (short work) Internet Archive identifier: reportstestimoni00daws
Contributions toward the improvement of agriculture in Nova-Scotia, 1856 Internet Archive identifier: contributionsto00dawsgoog
Natural history in its educational aspects, 1857 (short work) Internet Archive identifier: cihm_51422
On the newer Pliocene and post Pliocene deposits of the vicinity of Montreal, 1858 (short work) Internet Archive identifier: cihm_91018
The testimony of the Holy Scriptures respecting wine and strong drink, 1858 (short work) Internet Archive identifier: cihm_34869
Biographical sketch of James McGill, 1859 (short work) Internet Archive identifier: cihm_22773
Additional notes on the post-Pliocene deposits of the St. Lawrence Valley, 1859 (short work) Internet Archive identifier: cihm_64139
On the vegetable structures in coal, 1860 (short work) Internet Archive identifier: cihm_58405
On the Silurian & Devonian rocks of Nova Scotia, 1860 (short work) Internet Archive identifier: cihm_44217
On the flora of the Devonian period in north-eastern America, 1862 (short work) Internet Archive identifier: cihm_44625
Alpine and arctic plants, 1862 (short work) Internet Archive identifier: cihm_53274
The duties of educated young men in British America, 1863 (short work) Internet Archive identifier: cihm_23061
Notes on post-Pliocene deposits at Rivière-du-Loup, and Tadoussac, 1865 (short work) Internet Archive identifier: cihm_36513
On the conditions of the deposition of coal, 1866 (short work) Internet Archive identifier: cihm_23324
Notes on fossils recenty obtained from the Laurentian rocks of Canada, 1867 (short work) Internet Archive identifier: cihm_08725
Modern ideas of derivation, 1869 (short work) Internet Archive identifier: cihm_03796
Notes of a visit to scientific schools and museums in the United States, 1869 (short work) Internet Archive identifier: cihm_03797
James McGill and the origin of his university, 1870 (short work) Internet Archive identifier: cihm_23636
On new tree ferns and other fossils from the Devonian, 1871 (short work) Internet Archive identifier: cihm_06859
Report on the geological structure and mineral resources of Prince Edward island. 1871 Internet Archive identifier: cu31924099545489
Thoughts on the higher education of women, 1871 (short work) Internet Archive identifier: cihm_03801
On the deposits of apatite on certain lots in the township of North Burgess, Ontario, 1872 (short work) Internet Archive identifier: cihm_64729
Notes on the post-Pliocene geology of Canada, 1872 Internet Archive identifier: cihm_02277
Impressions and footprints of aquatic animals and imitative markings, on carboniferous rocks, 1873 (short work) Internet Archive identifier: cihm_55514
Report on the fossil plants of the lower Carboniferous and millstone grit formations of Canada, 1873 (short work) Internet Archive identifier: reportonfossilpl00daws
Remarks on Mr. Carruther's views of prototaxites, 1873 (short work) Internet Archive identifier: cihm_06868
On the upper coal-formation of eastern Nova Scotia and Prince-Edward Island in its relation to the Permian, 1874 (short work) Internet Archive identifier: cihm_53447
Origin and history of life on our planet, 1875 (short work) Internet Archive identifier: cihm_03798
Recollections of Sir Charles Lyell, 1875 (short work) Internet Archive identifier: cihm_06867
Notes on the occurrence of Eozoon Canadense at Côte St. Pierre, 1876 (short work) Internet Archive identifier: cihm_06862
The earthquake of November 4, 1877, 1877 (short work) Internet Archive identifier: cihm_58531
Lower Carboniferous fishes of New Brunswick, 1877 (short work) Internet Archive identifier: cihm_27815
Note on a specimen of Diploxylon from the coal-formation of Nova Scotia, 1877 (short work) Internet Archive identifier: cihm_06857
Notes on some Scottish Devonian plants, 1878 (short work) Internet Archive identifier: cihm_06858
On the microscopic structure of Stromatoporidae, 1879 (short work) Internet Archive identifier: cihm_08729
Note on recent controversies respecting Eozoon Canadense, 1879 (short work) Internet Archive identifier: cihm_06832
Remarks on recent papers on the geology of Nova Scotia, 1879 (short work) Internet Archive identifier: cihm_06869
Notes on prehistoric man in Egypt and the Lebanon, 1884 (short work) Internet Archive identifier: cihm_02627
New facts respecting the geological relations and fossil remains of the Silurian iron ores of Pictou, Nova Scotia, 1880 (short work) Internet Archive identifier: cihm_06830
Revision of the land snails of the Paleozoic era, with descriptions of new species, 1880 (short work) Internet Archive identifier: cihm_08732
Continental and island life, a review of Wallace, 1881 (short work) Internet Archive identifier: cihm_02104
On the Cretaceous and Tertiary floras of British Columbia and the North-West Territory, 1883 (short work) Internet Archive identifier: oncretaceoustert00daws
On Some Unsolved Problems in Geology, 1883 (short work) Internet Archive identifier: onsomeunsolvedp00sciegoog
Life of Sir William E. Logan, 1883 Internet Archive identifier: lifesirwilliame00dawsgoog
Canadian pleistocene, 1883 (short work) Internet Archive identifier: cihm_64664
On portions of the skeleton of a whale from gravel on the line of the Canada Pacific railway, near Smith's Falls, Ontario, 1883 (short work) Internet Archive identifier: cihm_12664
Observations on the geology of the line of the Canadian Pacific Railway, 1884 (short work) Internet Archive identifier: cihm_08727
The higher education of women, in connection with McGill University, 1884 (short work) Internet Archive identifier: cihm_02624
On the Mesozoic floras of the Rocky Mountain region of Canada, 1885
Note on fossil woods and other plant remains, from the Cretaceous and Laramie formations of the western territories of Canada, 1887 (short work) Internet Archive identifier: cihm_33795
On specimens of eozoon Canadense and their geological and other relations, 1888 Internet Archive identifier: onnewplantsfrome00dawsrich
On the Eozoic and Palæozoic rocks of the Atlantic coast of Canada, 1888 (short work) Internet Archive identifier: cihm_38489
Modern science in Bible lands, 1888 Internet Archive identifier: cihm_02626
Loyalty, 1893 (short work) Internet Archive identifier: cihm_03669
The Canadian ice age, 1894 Internet Archive identifier: cu31924003945460
The meeting place of geology and history, 1894 Internet Archive identifier: meetingplaceofge00dawsrich
Revision of the bivalve mollusks of the coal-formation of Nova Scotia, 1894 (short work) Internet Archive identifier: cihm_63816
An ideal college for women, 1894 (short work) Internet Archive identifier: idealcollegeforw00daws
Synopsis of the air-breathing animals of the Palæozoic in Canada up to 1894, (1894) (short work) Internet Archive identifier: cihm_33797
Review of the evidence for the animal nature of Eozöon Canadense: pt. 1-historical and stratigraphical, 1896 (short work) Internet Archive identifier: cihm_08746
Note on cryptozoon and other ancient fossils, 1896 (short work) Internet Archive identifier: cihm_06727
Additional notes on fossil sponges and other organic remains from the Quebec Group at Little Metis on the lower St. Lawrence, 1896 (short work) Internet Archive identifier: cihm_02232
The day of rest; or, The sabbath and the lord's day, 1899 (short work) Internet Archive identifier: dayofrestorsabba00daws

Articles in Popular Science Monthly

"The So-Called Conflict of Science and Religion" in Popular Science Monthly, 10 (November 1876)
"Some Unsolved Problems in Geology I" in Popular Science Monthly, 23 (October 1883)
"Some Unsolved Problems in Geology II" in Popular Science Monthly, 24 (November 1883)
"Geology of the Atlantic Ocean I" in Popular Science Monthly, 30 (November 1886)
"Geology of the Atlantic Ocean II" in Popular Science Monthly, 30 (December 1886)
"The Earliest Plants" in Popular Science Monthly, 32 (April 1888)

Works about Dawson

Fictions and errors in a book on "The origin of the world according to revelation and science by J.W. Dawson, L.L.D., by John George Marshall, 1786-1880; 1877 Internet Archive identifier: cihm_09922
"Dawson, John William," in Dictionary of National Biography, 1901 supplement, London: Smith, Elder, & Co. (1901) in 3 vols.
"Dawson, Sir John William," in Encyclopædia Britannica (11th ed., 1911)

Some or all works by this author were published before January 1, 1929, and are in the public domain worldwide because the author died at least 100 years ago. Translations or editions published later may be copyrighted. Posthumous works may be copyrighted based on how long they have been published in certain countries and areas.

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