John William Dawson : faith, hope, and science /

Drawing on Dawson's correspondence and personal papers, Susan 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...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Sheets-Pyenson, Susan, 1949-
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Montreal, Qué. : McGill-Queen's University Press, ©1996.
Temas:
Dawson, John William, > Sir, > 1820-1899.
Dawson, J. W. > (John William), > Sir, > 1820-1899.
Dawson, John William, > Sir, > 1820-1899
McGill University > Presidents > Biography.
McGill University > Présidents > Biographies
McGill University
Geologists > Canada > Biography.
Educators > Canada > Biography.
College presidents > Québec (Province) > Montréal > Biography.
Scientists > Canada > Biography.
Présidents et recteurs d'université > Québec (Province) > Montréal > Biographies.
Scientifiques > Canada > Biographies.
Géologues > Canada > Biographies.
Éducateurs > Canada > Biographies.
BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY > Science & Technology.
SCIENCE > Earth Sciences > General.
SCIENCE > Physics > Geophysics.
SCIENCE > Earth Sciences > Geology.
Scientists
College presidents
Educators
Geologists
Presidents
Biografie
Geologen.
Québec > Montréal
Canada
Biographies
Biographies.
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
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Sumario:Drawing on Dawson's correspondence and personal papers, Susan 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, prejudice, and bigotry.
Dawson was born and raised in Pictou, Nova Scotia, where the many sandstone and coal formations provided fertile ground for his first scientific explorations and eventually brought him into contact with the leading geological minds of his day, Charles Lyell and William Logan, and 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 and British associations for the advancement of science. 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
Descripción Física:1 online resource (274 pages, 13 unnumbered pages of plates) : illustrations, portraits
Bibliografía:Includes bibliographical references (pages 213-267) and index.
ISBN:9780773565760
0773565760

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