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Tutors and his father provided his educational needs during his slow recovery from the illness. Dawson later attended Montreal High School and McGill University (part-time) before moving to London to study geology and paleontology at the Royal School of Mines beginning in 18691869 is a common year starting on Friday (link will take you to calendar). Events March 1 North German Confederation issues 10 gr and 30gr value stamps, printed on goldbeater's skin May 10 Transcontinental Railroad completed at Promontory, Utah. May 15 Wo. Dawson graduated after three years with the highest marks in his class. Dawson received an LL.D. from Queen's UniversityQueen's University or simply Queen's is a coeducational, nonsectarian university located in Kingston, Ontario, Canada, on the edge of Lake Ontario. Beyond the Kingston campus, the university also has an International Study Centre at Herstmonceux Castle, E in 1890 and then from McGill University in 1891.
Dawson performed extensive surveys of Western Canada in the 19th centuryAlternative meaning: Nineteenth Century (periodical ( 18th century — 19th century — 20th century — more centuries) As a means of recording the passage of time, the 19th century was that century which lasted from 1801- 1900. Events The Little Ice Age ended beginning with the International Boundary Survey from 1872Events January 2 Brigham Young, is arrested for bigamy (25 wives). February 20 In New York City the Metropolitan Museum of Art opens. March 1 Yellowstone National Park is established as the world's first national park March 5 George Westinghouse patents t to 1876Events January events January 31 The United States orders all Native Americans to move into reservations. February events February 2 The National League of Professional Baseball Clubs of Major League Baseball is formed. February 14 Alexander Graham Bell a. The result was a 387 page report called Geology and Resources of the Region in the Vicinity of the 49th parallel from the Lake of the Woods to the Rocky Mountains, with Lists of Plants and Animals Collected, and Notes on the Fossils. This report established Dawson as a respected scientist.
During 1883Events January January 16 The Pendleton Civil Service Reform Act, establishing the United States Civil service, is passed January 19 The first electric lighting system employing overhead wires begins service ( Roselle, New Jersey) It was built by Thomas E and 18841884 is a leap year starting on Tuesday (click on link to calendar). Events January 4 The Fabian Society is founded in London. February 1 Edition one of the Oxford English Dictionary is published. March 13 The siege of Khartoum, Sudan begins (ends on Janu, Dawson travelled through the Canadian Rockies where he was tasked by the Canadian government to map out major mountains and passes as well as significant rivers. Some of the many peaks he discovered were Mount Assiniboine (3,618m) and Mount Temple (3,543m). As a result of his field research, a map of his work was published in 1886 covering the Canadian Rockies from the US border to Red Deer Valley and Kicking Horse Pass .
Dawson became a staff member of the Geological Survey of Canada in 1875, progressed to assistant director in 1883 and finally the director in 1895.
Dawson died unexpectedly in Ottawa after a one day bout with acute bronchitis.