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GEOLOGICAL science, and Canada in particular, have suffered an irreparable loss in the death of George Mercer Dawson, C.M.G., LL.D., F.R.S., the director of the Geological Survey of that Dominion. He was born at Pictou, Nova Scotia, on August 1, 1849, and was the eldest surviving son of the late Sir John William Dawson, whose death was recorded in NATURE for November 23, 1899.
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Dr. G. M. Dawson, C.M.G., F.R.S. . Nature 63, 472 (1901). https://doi.org/10.1038/063472a0
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