John William Dawson

John William Dawson (1820–1899), Canadian geologist and palaeobotanist.

John William Dawson

IPNI standard form: Dawson (outdated: J.W.Dawson)

Taxon names authored

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• 10 taxon names authored by John William Dawson

Publications

(List may be incomplete)

1859

• Dawson, J.W. 1959. On fossil plants from the Devonian rocks of Canada. Quarterly Journal of the Geological Society, London, 15: 477–488. DOI: 10.1144/gsl.jgs.1859.015.01-02.57 Reference page. 

1863

• Dawson, J.W. 1863. Air-Breathers of the Coal Period: A Descriptive Account of the Remains of Land Animals Found in the Coal Formation of Nova Scotia with Remarks on their Bearing on Theories of the Formation of Coal and of the Origin of Species. Dawson Brothers, Montreal 81 p.

1868

• Dawson J.W., 1868. Acadian Geology: The Geological Structure. Organic Remains and Mineral Resources of Nova Scotia, etc. MacMillan London.