Photographs of
Dawson Plaques
Sir John William Dawson 1820 – 1899
George Mercer Dawson 1849 – 1901
Pictou Pictou County Nova Scotia
Located at the intersection of Church Street and George Street
GPS location: 45°40’38″N 62°42’36″W
This monument was officially unveiled on 30 October 1957, as a memorial
to Sir J.W. Dawson. The second plaque, for G.M. Dawson, was added in 1961.
1961
The above photographs were taken on 5 May 2003.
Beneath My Feet: The Memoirs of George Mercer Dawson
National Post book review, 13 October 2007
John William Dawson Wikipedia
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_William_Dawson
Sir J. William Dawson Nova Scotia Museum
http://museum.gov.ns.ca/fossils/finders/dawson.htm
Sir John William Dawson Dictionary of Canadian Biography Online
George Mercer Dawson Wikipedia
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/George_Mercer_Dawson
George Mercer Dawson Dictionary of Canadian Biography Online
George M. Dawson by DaveBirrell, Peaks of the Canadian Rockies
http://www.peakfinder.com/people.asp?
PersonsName=Dawson%2C+George+M.
Online Books by Sir John William Dawson
(1820 – 1899)
Sir John William Dawson:
The Origin of the World According to Revelation and Science
First page (438 pages in all)
page images at MOA (Making of America), University of Michigan
Sir John William Dawson:
Educated Women: The Substance of an Address Delivered Before the Delta Sigma Society of McGill University (1889)
First page (16 pages in all)
page images at canadiana.org
Sir John William Dawson:
The Higher Education of Women in Connection With McGill University (c. 1884)
First page (12 pages in all)
page images at canadiana.org
Sir John William Dawson:
An Ideal College for Women: An Address Delivered Before the Delta Sigma Society of McGill University (1894)
First page (16 pages in all)
page images at canadiana.org
Sir John William Dawson:
Nature and the Bible: A course of lectures delivered in New York (1874)
First page (257 pages in all)
page images at MOA (Making of America), University of Michigan
Sir John William Dawson:
Report on the Higher Education of Women: Presented to the Corporation of McGill University (1884)
First page (14 pages in all)
page images at canadiana.org
Sir John William Dawson:
Thoughts on the Higher Education of Women: the Introductory Lecture to the First Session of the Classes of the Ladies’ Education Association of Montreal (1871)
First page (14 pages in all)
page images at canadiana.org
Online Books by George Mercer Dawson
(1849 – 1901)
George Mercer Dawson:
Notes and Observations on the Kwakiool People of Vancouver Island (1888)
First page (36 pages in all)
page images at canadiana.org
George Mercer Dawson:
Notes on the Indian Tribes of the Yukon District and Adjacent Northern Portion of British Columbia (c.1887)
First page (23 pages in all)
page images at canadiana.org
George Mercer Dawson:
Notes on the Shuswap People of British Columbia (c.1891)
First page (44 pages in all)
page images at canadiana.org
George Mercer Dawson:
Sketches of the Past and Present Condition of the Indians of Canada (c.1877)
First page (31 pages in all)
page images at canadiana.org
George Mercer Dawson and William Fraser Tolmie:
Comparative Vocabularies of the Indian Tribes of British Columbia: With a Map… (1884)
First page (131 pages in all)
page images at canadiana.org
During the early 1970s, staff and patrons at the McGill University Archives were abuzz about a huge new bequest, the papers of John William Dawson. In1855, Dawson had been called from the tiny village of Pictou, Nova Scotia, to serve as McGill’s principal. Hewas the first Canadian to be chosen as a President of a Canadian University. He presided over the university for nearly half a century. SirWilliam Dawson was not only the major scientific player in 19th-century Canada, but he also commanded a leading position internationally. Hewas the first president of the Royal Society of Canada.
Memorial Plaque inMontreal
Memorial plaque Srathcona Anatomy and Dentistry Building
McGill University, Montreal
Photographed on 29 May 2008
Memorial plaque Srathcona Anatomy and Dentistry Building
McGill University, Montreal
Photographed on 29 May 2008
Memorial plaque Srathcona Anatomy and Dentistry Building
McGill University, Montreal
Photographed on 29 May 2008
Srathcona Anatomy and Dentistry Building, McGill University, Montreal
Photographed on 29 May 2008
Srathcona Anatomy and Dentistry Building, 3640 University Street, Montreal
Photographed on 29 May 2008
