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

sponsorship of further geological surveys. After confederation the director of the Geological Survey of Canada, Sir William Edmond

. The interest in science which Honeyman had shown as a student had not disappeared, however, and the publication of John William Dawson*’s

meticulous observer as well as an ambitious man, was one of the pioneers, and the value of his work was recognized by later geologists such as William Edmond

MERRICK, JOHN, artisan, merchant, and architect; b. c. 1756 in Halifax, third son of William Merrick and Ann

, Scarroyady, resident on the upper Ohio, where most of the Shawnees had resettled. As Pennsylvania’s adviser in Indian affairs, Swatana was followed by his oldest son John (John Shikellimy, John Logan) until

. In 1810 White formed a partnership with the cabinet-maker William Shand that would last until 1815. During this period White was involved in the construction of a number of houses in and around

Harriet Lillie Logan (d. 24 July 1931) in Winnipeg, and they had two daughters and four sons; m. secondly 25 Aug. 1932 Eleanor Mary Lewis in St James (Winnipeg); d. there 20 May 1938 and was buried in St

Grant, and the sons of retired chief factors William Hemmings Cook* and James

, Jones, was represented by Jonathan Bliss*, John Murray Bliss*, William

London and for the well-known firm of William Martin and John Henry Chamberlain in Birmingham. After reading a glowing account of the opportunities on

. By 1846 Lawson’s restlessness in his legal studies gave way to a more general dissatisfaction with his prospects in Scotland. He turned to Sir William Jackson Hooker, director of the Royal Botanic

within the framework laid down by Sir William Edmond Logan* and the geologists of the survey. A number of Laflamme’s studies deal with

ARCHIBALD, SAMUEL GEORGE WILLIAM, office holder, judge, lawyer, and politician; b. 5 Feb

Sir William Edmond Logan*, director of the Geological Survey of Canada, to the International Exhibition in London where, that year

$54,104, 360 lots from the estate of Sir William Edmond Logan*, and properties in Maisonneuve (Montreal

. In 1836 Smith, entrusting his sister to the care of a local family and with only $20 to his name, left Port Credit for nearby Sydenham (Dixie), to work for Francis Logan, a grocer. After brief service

Prescott* on the recommendation of William Whewell, president of the Geological Society of London. Jukes arrived at St John’s, Nfld, on 8 May 1839, and spent that month familiarizing

following summer Robert assisted Sir William Edmond Logan*, the survey’s director, in the Saguenay region of Lower Canada. This fieldwork

Murray*, the Scottish-born associate of Sir William Edmond Logan* in the Geological Survey of Canada, for preliminary surveys of