Dawson, Sir John William, 1820-1899 (geologist)
Person
Found in 7 Collections and/or Records:
Correspondence and Papers concerning Sea Serpents, 1820-1848
Series — Box Lyell Temp Box 1.22 (Formerly Gen 119): Series Coll-203/5 (Lyell 5); Series Coll-203/6 (Lyell 6); Series Coll-203/7 (lyell 7); Series Coll-203/8 (Lyell 8)
Identifier: Coll-203/5 (Lyell 5)
Scope and Contents
Letters and Papers Concerning Sea Serpents consists of:
- Notes and clippings regarding sightings of sea serpents, 1820-1848
- Letters from Sir John William Dawson, John Fleming, William McGillivray, Alexander Gordon Melville, Patrick Neill, Colonel Parkins and George Robert Waterhouse regarding sea serpents, 1845-1848
Dates:
1820-1848
Correspondence of Sir Archibald Geikie: Canadian geologists, 1872-1900
Sub-Series
Identifier: Coll-74/13/4
Scope and Contents
The Correspondence of Sir Archibald Geikie: Canadian geologists sub-series consists of:
- 50 letters, alphabetically arranged (1872-1900)
Dates:
1872-1900
Letter to Sir Andrew Crombie Ramsay from Sir John William Dawson, 5 March 1875
Item
Identifier: Coll-74/11/1/12
Scope and Contents
Letter to Sir Andrew Crombie Ramsay from Sir John William Dawson asking him to propose his son George Mercer Dawson for membership of the Geological Society. He gives a brief summary of his son's geological career to date. He mentions that he is publishing a book and a paper on Eozon. He laments the death of Sir Charles Lyell and Sir William Logan's current illness.
Dates:
5 March 1875
Letters from Charles Lyell to Clark Ross, Sir James, 3 May 1855 - 15 January 1856
File — Box Unknown: Series Coll-203/1B
Identifier: Coll-203/1B/4
Scope and Contents
Letters from Charles Lyell, To Sir J. Clark.
Marked 'No 1' on reverse, no summary. Sending a copy of his letter to Lord Wrottesley with a proof of the report to the British Association [this is the Report for the Parliamentary Committee of the British ASsociation for the Advancement of Science on the question, Whether any measures could by adopted by the Government or Parliament tht would improve the position of Science or its Cultivators in this Country' folio 3711]. Also writes that he...
Dates:
3 May 1855 - 15 January 1856
Letters from Lyell, Charles to Hull, Edward, 30 November 1868
File — Box Unknown: Series Coll-203/1B
Identifier: Coll-203/1B/17
Scope and Contents
Copy letter summarised as 'Lyell to Hull - English Coal fields - Manchester section - Alleghanies - Dawson's 'Arcadia'. Contents relate to Hull's recent papers in 'our journal' relating to information on carboniferous rocks, and which Lyell admires very much. Lyell asks questions relating to Joggins, Nova Scotia
Dates:
30 November 1868
Notebook No.140, 5 April 1846 - 14 April 1846
Item — Box Lyell-temp-box 5: Series Coll-203/A1
Identifier: Coll-203/A1/140
Scope and Contents
This notebook contains Charles Lyell’s notes from April 5th to April 14, 1846. The notebook starts in Louisville, Kentucky as Lyell travels north along the Ohio River in the steamer Ben Franklin, arriving in Cincinnati on April 7th. On April 13th Lyell resumed travel up the Ohio River, bound for Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. The index is located in the back of the notebook on eight unnumbered pages. Notes are in pencil and ink. Content warning:...
Dates:
5 April 1846 - 14 April 1846
Notebook No.177 - ABSENT, 23 August 1852- September 1852
Item — Box Lyell-temp-box 6: Series Coll-203/A1
Identifier: Coll-203/A1/177
Scope and Contents
This notebook is absent from Lyell's original run of 266 Scientific notebooks. Through the work of Leonard G. Wilson, copies have been identified, and used to create this catalogue entry.
This notebook starts 23 August 1852, when Lyell is two and a half days away from Liverpool, en route to Nova Scotia for his third trip to North America. He lands in Nova Scotia on August 31st. This notebook includes notes taken about scientific articles, the extinction of species, and...
Dates:
23 August 1852- September 1852
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- Eozon 1
- Extinction (Biology) 1
- Geological Surveys 1
- Geology 1
- Geology, Publications 1
- Geology, Research 1
- Locofoco Party (N.Y.) 1
- Lymnaea stagnalis 1
- Mollusks 1
- Nominations for Membership 1
- Orthoceras 1
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