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050	0	4	_aQE22 _b.J646 1996
049			_aMAIN
100	1		_aSheets-Pyenson, Susan, _d1949- _e1
245	1	0	_aJohn William Dawson : _bfaith, hope, and science / _cSusan Sheets-Pyenson.
260			_aMontreal, Qué. : _bMcGill-Queen's University Press, _c(c)1996.
300			_a1 online resource (274 pages, 13 unnumbered pages of plates) : _billustrations, portraits
336			_atext _btxt _2rdacontent
337			_acomputer _bc _2rdamedia
338			_aonline resource _bcr _2rdacarrier
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520	0		_aDrawing on Dawson's correspondence and personal papers, Susan Sheets-Pyenson paints an intimate portrait of a pivotal figure in Canada's scientific heritage and a proper Victorian gentleman whose pious Presbyterianism, missionary zeal, and unwavering belief in the light of knowledge drove him on a quest to conquer ignorance, prejudice, and bigotry.
520	8		_aDawson was born and raised in Pictou, Nova Scotia, where the many sandstone and coal formations provided fertile ground for his first scientific explorations and eventually brought him into contact with the leading geological minds of his day, Charles Lyell and William Logan, and culminated in the publication of Acadian Geology. He became principal of McGill University in 1855 and over the next forty years worked unceasingly to transform McGill from a "tiny, poverty-stricken provincial school" into a scientific institution of the highest rank. He was the only person to hold the presidency of both the American and British associations for the advancement of science. Dawson's energetic promotion of scientific institutions in Canada remains one of his most enduring legacies, particularly his role in creating the Royal Society of Canada.
505	0	0	_aContents -- _tPreface -- _t1 Dawson and the Light of Knowledge -- _t2 Nova Scotia Roots -- _t3 So Many Opportunities of doing good -- _t4 A Real Horse Race -- _t5 Good results in store -- _t6 Stand by and grumble -- _t7 None knew him but to love him -- _t8 One of the deepest mortifications of my scientific life -- _t9 A Mission of Popularization -- _t10 A quiet middle course -- _t11 Nova Scotia Revisited -- _t12 Mighty trees from small saplings grow -- _t13 Putting Montreal on the Scientific Map -- _t14 Toward International Science -- _t15 No More Toil
505	0	0	_aNotesIndex -- _tA -- _tB -- _tC -- _tD -- _tE -- _tF -- _tG -- _tH -- _tI -- _tJ -- _tK -- _tL -- _tM -- _tN -- _tO -- _tP -- _tQ -- _tR -- _tS -- _tT -- _tU -- _tV -- _tW -- _tX -- _tY
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600	1	0	_aDawson, John William, _cSir, _d1820-1899.
610	2	0	_aMcGill University _xPresidents _vBiography.
610	1	6	_aMcGill University _xPrésidents _vBiographies
650		0	_aGeologists _zCanada _vBiography.
650		0	_aEducators _zCanada _vBiography.
650		0	_aCollege presidents _zQuébec (Province) _zMontréal _vBiography.
650		0	_aScientists _zCanada _vBiography.
655		1	_aElectronic Books.
856	4	0	_uhttps://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&scope=site&db=nlebk&db=nlabk&AN=626566&site=eds-live&custid=s3260518 _zClick to access digital title | log in using your CIU ID number and my.ciu.edu password
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902			_a1 _bCynthia Snell _c1 _dCynthia Snell