Biografía
He was educated at McGill University and the Royal School of Mines in London.
He was appointed as geologist and naturalist to the North American Boundary Commission in 1873.
He was appointed to the Geological Survey of Canada in 1875.
He explored the coastline of the Queen Charlotte Islands for the Geological Survey of Canada in 1878.
He was appointed as the Assistant Director of the Geological Survey of Canada in 1883.
He explored the northeast coast of Vancouver Island and Quatsino Sound in 1885.
He was the Director of the Geological Survey of Canada 1895-1901.
He was Presidet of the Royal Society of Canada in 1893.
Lugares nombrados
Dawson Harbour (Graham Island QCI) (by Charles F. Newcombe MD in 1897), Dawson Group (BC), Dawson Glacier (BC), Mount Dawson (BC), Dawson Creek (BC), Mercer Point (BC), Dawson Inlet (BC), Dawson Harbour (BC); Dawson Bay (BC); Dawson Point (BC); Dawson (Sternwheeler); G.M. Dawson (Sternwheeler);
Referencias
- Putnam, W.L. and G.W. Boles, R.W. Laurilla (1990)
- Walbran, Captain John T. (1909)
- Melvin, George H. (1972)
- Dalzell, Kathleen E. (1973)
