Letter to Sir Andrew Crombie Ramsay from Sir John William Dawson

• Reference:GB 237 Coll-74/11/1/12
• Dates of Creation:5 March 1875
• Name of Creator:
  Dawson, Sir John William, 1820-1899 (geologist)
• Language of Material:English
• Physical Description:
  1 letter

• Scope and Content

  Letter to Sir Andrew Crombie Ramsay from Sir John William Dawson asking him to propose his son George Mercer Dawson for membership of the Geological Society. He gives a brief summary of his son's geological career to date. He mentions that he is publishing a book and a paper on Eozon. He laments the death of Sir Charles Lyell and Sir William Logan's current illness.

• Archivist's Note

  suitable for scanning

  Sarah Higgins 29 November 2000

• Subjects

  Death

  Diseases

  Eozon

  Nominations for Membership

• Personal Names

  Dawson, Sir John William, 1820-1899 (geologist)

  Dawson, George Mercer, 1849-1901 (geologist)

  Logan, Sir William Edmond, 1798-1875 (head of the Geological Survey of Canada)

  Lyell, Sir Charles, 1797-1875 (1st Baronet | Scottish geologist)

  Ramsay, Sir Andrew Crombie, 1814-1891 (Scottish geologist)