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Director of the Geological Survey of Canada (1842–69) Sir William Edmond Logan, FRSE FRS FGS (20 April 1798 – 22 June 1875), was a Canadian -born geologist and the founder and first director of the Geological Survey of Canada.
10 de ene. de 2008 · Sir William Edmond Logan, geologist, first director of the GEOLOGICAL SURVEY OF CANADA (b at Montréal 20 Apr 1798; d at Castle Malgwyn, Cilgerran, S Wales 22 June 1875). Logan identified and mapped the major geological structures of the Province of Canada, in particular the Laurentian and Huronian series of the Precambrian SHIELD .
16 de abr. de 2024 · Sir William Edmond Logan (born April 20, 1798, Montreal, Que., Can.—died June 22, 1875, Llechryd, Cardiganshire, Wales) was one of the foremost Canadian geologists of the 19th century. Logan was educated at the University of Edinburgh and began working for his uncle in London in 1818.
LOGAN, Sir WILLIAM EDMOND, geologist and geological cartographer, founder and first director of the Geological Survey of Canada; b. 20 April 1798 at Montreal, L.C., third son of William Logan, a baker and owner of real estate, and of Janet Edmond, both from Scotland; d. 22 June 1875 at Cilgerran, Pembrokeshire, Wales.
William Edmond Logan made a monumental contribution to Canada between 1842 and 1869. His name is applied to not one mountain, but two - Mount Logan (elev. 1100 m) located about 125 miles west of Gaspé, Québec, and Mount Logan (elev.5959 m) in the south corner of the Yukon territory, the highest in Canada and second highest in North America.
William Edmond Logan. 1798-1875. Canadian geologist and first director of the Geological Survey of Canada, 1842-69. Logan's geological career began in Wales, where he made detailed maps and established the origin of coal deposits.
29 de may. de 2018 · History. Historians, Miscellaneous: Biographies. William Edmond Logan. Logan, William Edmond. views 3,543,824 updated May 29 2018. Logan, William Edmond. ( b. Montreal, Canada, 20 April 1798; d. Llechryd, Wales, 22 July 1875) geology.
