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William Dawson

1910 New Catholic Dictionary

Geologist. Born 1820; died 1899. Discovered the first remains of the Dendrerpeton, an air-breathing reptile of geological times, and accomplished monumental work on the Silurian, Devonian, and Carboniferous rocks of Canada for the Canadian Geological Survey.

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Entry for 'William Dawson'. 1910 New Catholic Dictionary. https://www.studylight.org/​dictionaries/​eng/​ncd/​w/william-dawson.html. 1910.