William Edmond Logan

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William Edmond Logan was a 19th-century Canadian geologist renowned for pioneering geological mapping in Canada and leading the early development of the country’s geological sciences.

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William Edmond Logan canonical 2
Sir William Edmond Logan 1

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instanceOf Canadian geologist ⓘ
geologist ⓘ
human ⓘ
awardReceived Royal Medal ⓘ
Wollaston Medal ⓘ
citizenship Canada ⓘ
United Kingdom ⓘ
countryOfBirth Canada ⓘ
countryOfDeath United Kingdom ⓘ
countryOfWork Canada ⓘ
dateOfBirth 1798-04-20 ⓘ
dateOfDeath 1875-06-22 ⓘ
educatedAt High School of Montreal ⓘ
University of Edinburgh ⓘ
endTime 1869 ⓘ
familyName Logan ⓘ
fieldOfWork geological mapping ⓘ
geology ⓘ
givenName William ⓘ
hasHonorificTitle Sir ⓘ
honouredIn Logan Medal ⓘ
Mount Logan ⓘ
influenced development of Canadian geological sciences ⓘ
resource exploration in Canada ⓘ
knownFor founding work in Canadian geological sciences ⓘ
leadership of the Geological Survey of Canada ⓘ
pioneering geological mapping in Canada ⓘ
languageOfWorkOrName English ⓘ
memberOf Geological Society of London ⓘ
Royal Society ⓘ
middleName Edmond ⓘ
nationality British ⓘ
Canadian ⓘ
notableAchievement established systematic geological surveying in Canada ⓘ
produced first comprehensive geological map of the Province of Canada ⓘ
notableWork Geological Map of Canada (1863) ⓘ
occupation geologist ⓘ
scientific administrator ⓘ
placeOfBirth Montreal ⓘ
placeOfDeath Castle Malgwyn ⓘ
positionHeld Director of the Geological Survey of Canada ⓘ
startTime 1842 ⓘ
workLocation Canada ⓘ
Montreal ⓘ
Quebec ⓘ
linked to: Quebec, Canada

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Geological Survey of Canada → founder → William Edmond Logan ⓘ
Mount Logan → namedAfter → William Edmond Logan ⓘ
Logan Medal → namedAfter → Sir William Edmond Logan ⓘ
linked to: William Edmond Logan