John William Dawson: Faith, Hope and ScienceMcGill-Queen's Press - MQUP, 1996 - 274 páginas Dawson was born and raised in Pictou, Nova Scotia, where the many sandstone and coal formations provided fertile ground for his first scientific explorations, which culminated in the publication of Acadian Geology. He became principal of McGill University in 1855 and over the next forty years worked unceasingly to transform McGill from a "tiny, poverty-stricken provincial school" into a scientific institution of the highest rank. He was the only person to hold the presidency of both the American Association for the Advancement of Science and its British equivalent. Dawson's energetic promotion of scientific institutions in Canada remains one of his most enduring legacies, particularly his role in creating the Royal Society of Canada. Drawing on Dawson's correspondence and personal papers, Sheets-Pyenson paints an intimate portrait of a pivotal figure in Canada's scientific heritage and a proper Victorian gentleman whose pious Presbyterianism, missionary zeal, and unwavering belief in the light of knowledge drove him on a quest to conquer ignorance, eradicate prejudice, and vanquish bigotry. |
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Dawson and the Light of Knowledge | 3 |
Nova Scotia Roots | 15 |
So Many Opportunities of doing good | 26 |
A Real Horse Race | 38 |
Good results in store | 53 |
None knew him but to love him | 91 |
One of the deepest mortifications of my scientific life | 107 |
A Mission of Popularization | 119 |
Nova Scotia Revisited | 149 |
Mighty trees from small saplings grow | 165 |
Putting Montreal on the Scientific Map | 180 |
Toward International Science | 190 |
No More Toil | 204 |
Notes | 213 |
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A quiet middle course | 136 |
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Términos y frases comunes
AAAS Acadian Geology Advancement of Science Agassiz American Anna to George April Archaia Asa Gray Autobiography Bakerian lecture Bigsby to JWD British Association Canadian Naturalist Carboniferous chair chapter Charles Lyell CN ns coal collections College committee Darwin Dawson papers Dawson to JWD Devonian Edinburgh edition Eozoön especially father Fifty flora fossil G.M. Dawson Geological Society Geological Survey geologists George Mercer Dawson Harrington Hooker Huxley John William Dawson Journal July June JWD to Lyell JWD to Margaret Lorne Lyell to JWD March McCord Museum McCulloch McGill University meeting Molson Museum of Canadian Natural History Society NHSM Notman Photographic Archives Nova Scotia O'Brien paleontologist Peter Redpath Pictou Academy professor professorship province publication published Quebec Rankine Dawson Redpath Museum Royal Society scientific scientists Scottish Sept Sir William Dawson Society of Montreal society's specimens Survey of Canada tion Toronto Wilson to JWD
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