suggested reasonable courses to both Riel and his opponents as well as a significant calming force during the dispute. This view influenced others, most notably historian William Lewis
married Maryanne, the eldest daughter of William James Stairs; she died after the birth of their first child
landscape, who chose to work within the framework laid down by Sir William Edmond Logan* and the geologists of the survey. A number of
of the eight children of William Ironside and Catherine Airth; m. November 1889 Annie Gordon, and they had two sons; d. 12 Oct. 1910 in Montreal
.
Harrington is the author of Life of Sir William E. Logan, Kt., ll.d., f.r.s., f.g.s
and the grain-elevator owners [see William Watson Ogilvie*]. Within little more than a year the organization had disappeared
FONSECA, WILLIAM GOMEZ (known until around 1840 as Don Derigo Nojada Gomez da Silva Fonseca; in later years he
. 1853 Jane Logan Moffatt, and they had ten children; d. 3 Oct. 1901 in Dartmouth, N.S
generation after Sir William Logan. On the other hand, Dawson the scientist had set new standards for both the survey’s fieldwork and the reports that resulted. For the latter he was revered, in the words
Daily Free Press by offering its editor, William Fisher Luxton, the government printing contract
[see Sir William Edmond Logan*]. Chapman broadened his own research interests in geology and mineralogy to include Canadian
. thirdly 17 June 1884 in Logan, Utah, Zina Presendia Williams, née Young, daughter of
England were factors in his being denied his place in the history of Canadian literature for nearly a century. A bibliography published in 1895 attributed the book to Susanna Moodie. William Renwick
throughout Upper Canada with power to appoint police constables and to charge salaries and travelling expenses to the government. Frederick William
ventilation of dwelling-houses & schools, an address he had given to the Montreal Mechanics’ Institute. In 1862, as the representative of the Eastern Townships, he accompanied Sir William Edmond
in Scotland. He turned to Sir William Jackson Hooker, director of the Royal Botanic Gardens at Kew (London). Lawson wrote for advice, he said, on behalf of “a friend” who was contemplating a
the survey’s director, geologist William Edmond Logan*, he began studying the crystalline rocks of eastern Canada, sulphate and
DAWSON, Sir JOHN WILLIAM, geologist, palaeontologist, author, educator, office holder, publisher, and editor; b
William Edmond Logan* of the Geological Survey, he established the longitudes of Montreal, Toronto, Kingston, and several Canadian towns