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VOL. VIII. JANUARY, 1900. No. 3. 



SIR JOHN WILLIAM DAWSOK 



By Prof. Frank D. Adams. 



Ill Sir Williaiii Dawson there has passed away the last 

 survivor of that distinguished group of naturalists which 

 in the earlier part of this century achieved for science in 

 America such brilliant results and such widespread 

 recognition — men whose range of knowledge was almost 

 encyclopedic, and many of whom made valuable contri- 

 butions to science in widely separated fields. The 

 environment of the man of science has now changed, and 

 the older type of naturalist seems unfortunately about to 

 disappear. 



Sir John William Daw"son was a native of ISTova Scotia, 

 a Province which has produced more than its share of the 

 Canadians who have risen to eminence in the various 

 walks of life, having been born at Pictou on October 13th, 

 1820. He died at Montreal on November 19th, 1899, at 

 the age of 79. 



His father, James Dawson, was a native of Aberdeen- 

 Scotland, and came to Xova Scotia to fill a position in 

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