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### Author
Dawson, \[Sir\] John William (1820-1899), Canadian palaeobotanist at McGill University, Montreal 1855-1893.
**Abbreviated name**: *J. W. Dawson* \[standard form in IPNI: *Dawson*\]
#### Collections
Redpath Museum, McGill University, Montreal, Canada; some herbarium collections at BH.
*Ref*.: IH 2: 154.
- Hueber and Banks, Taxon 16: 81-85. 1967.
#### Bibliography and biography
Andrews p. 251-252; Barnhart 1: 428; BB p. 86; BM 1: 429-430, 6: 256; Bossert p. 96; CSP 2: 182-184, 6: 630, 7: 497-499, 9: 653-654, 12: 186, 187, 14: 506-508; DNB suppl. 1(2): 120; Jackson p. 537 \[ind.\]; ME 1: 178, 3: 562; Merrill p. 577, 578, 695 (portr.); Quenstedt p. 108.
- Ward, Ann. Rep. U.S. Geol. Surv. 5: 377-378. 1885.
- Adams, Bull. geol. Soc. Amer. 11: 550-580. 1900 (bibl. p. 557-580 by Ami) (portr.)
- Ami, Amer. Geologist 26: 1-48. 1900 (bibl., portr.), also repr. Minneapolis 1900, 63 p.
- Adams and Ami, Proc. Trans. Roy. Soc. Canada ser. 2. 7(4): 3-44. 1901.
- Dawson, Rankin (ed.), Fifty years of work in Canada 1901, 306 p. (autobiogr.)
- Woodward, Hist. Geolog. Soc. London 217. 1909.
- Reynolds Green, Hist. bot. 143. 1909.
- Stafleu, in Daniels and Stafleu, Taxo 23(4): 482. 1974 (portr.)
### Publications
##### n.1318. The chain of life in geological time
**Title**
*The chain of life in geological time*. A sketch of the origin and succession of animals and plants... with numerous illustrations. \[London\] (The religious tract society) \[1880\]. Oct.
**Abbreviated title**: *Chain life geol. time*.
**Notes**
*Publ*.: Aug-Sep 1880 (Nat. Nov. Sep-Oct 1880), frontspiece, p. \[iii\]-xiv, \[1\]-272, *pl. 1-192*, uncol. liths. *Copy*: MICH.
##### n.1319. The geological history of plants
**Title**
*The geological history of plants*... with illustrations. London (Kegan Paul, Trench & Co.) 1888. Oct.
**Abbreviated title**: *Geol. hist. pl.*
**Notes**
*Ed. 1*: Feb-Mar 1888 (preface Feb 1888; enscribed copy by author to G. W. Butler at U: 28 Mar 1888), p. \[i\], frontisp., \[iii\]-x, \[1\]-290, 79 ills. – Int. Scientific Series lxiii.
*Copies*: BR, G.
*Reissue*: 1888, New York (D. Appleton and Company), duod. (in sixes), p. \[i\], front., \[iii\]-x, \[1\]-290, 79 ills. – Int. Scientific Series lxi. *Copies*: NY, US.
*Ed. 2* (reissue?): London 1905 (n.v.)
*Ref*.: Andrews p. 26; BM 6: 256 (ed. 1905).