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William Edmond Logan

Born

in Montreal, Quebec, Canada

April 20, 1798

Died

June 22, 1875

Website

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/William_Edmond_Logan

Genre

Science, Geology, Nonfiction

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Sir William Edmond Logan FRSE FRS FGS (20 April 1798 – 22 June 1875) was a Scottish-Canadian geologist.

Logan was born in Montreal, Quebec, and educated at the High School in Edinburgh and the University of Edinburgh (graduated 1817). He started teaching himself geology in 1831, when he took over the running of a copper works in Swansea. He produced a geological map of the south Wales coalfield. Based on this research, in 1840 he presented to the Geological Society of London his paper "On the character of the beds of clay lying immediately below the coal-seams of South Wales, and on the occurrence of coal-boulders in the Pennant Grit of that district." This paper suggested his opinion that the layer of clay under the coalfield was the old so Sir William Edmond Logan FRSE FRS FGS (20 April 1798 – 22 June 1875) was a Scottish-Canadian geologist.

Logan was born in Montreal, Quebec, and educated at the High School in Edinburgh and the University of Edinburgh (graduated 1817). He started teaching himself geology in 1831, when he took over the running of a copper works in Swansea. He produced a geological map of the south Wales coalfield. Based on this research, in 1840 he presented to the Geological Society of London his paper "On the character of the beds of clay lying immediately below the coal-seams of South Wales, and on the occurrence of coal-boulders in the Pennant Grit of that district." This paper suggested his opinion that the layer of clay under the coalfield was the old soil in which grew the plants from which the coal was formed.

His abilities as a geologist were noticed, and in 1842 he was asked to establish the Geological Survey of Canada. In 1855, he recruited Robert Barlow as the survey's chief draughtsman. He continued as director until 1869. During this time he described the Laurentian rocks of the Laurentian Mountains in Canada and of the Adirondacks in the state of New York.

He discovered Logan's Line, the demarcation between the heavily folded Appalachian Mountains and the flat sedimentary rocks, laid down during the Paleozoic Era, lying inland of them.

Over his illustrious career he received 27 medals including the Legion of Honor from Emperor Napoleon III of France in 1855 and a knighthood from Queen Victoria in 1856. In the same year he was awarded the Wollaston Medal by the Geological Society of London.

After his retirement in 1869 he settled in Pembrokeshire in west Wales and died at Castell Malgwyn, the home of his sister, Elizabeth Gower.

Mount Logan, the highest mountain in Canada, was named in 1890 by I.C. Russell of the U.S. Geological Survey in his honour.

The mineral Weloganite, first found in Montreal, Canada, was named in his honour.

The Geological Association of Canada awards the Logan Medal annually as its highest honour. ...more

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	Geological Survey of Canada: Report Of Its Progress From Its Commencement To 1863 by William Edmond Logan (Director), Alexander Murray (Assistant Geologist), Thomas Sterry Hunt 0.00 avg rating — 0 ratings — published 1863	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Remarks on the fauna of the Quebec group of rocks, and the primordial zone of Canada 0.00 avg rating — 0 ratings	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Descriptive Catalogue of a Collection of the Economic Minerals of Canada, and of Its Crystalline Rocks: Sent to the London International Exhibition for 1862 0.00 avg rating — 0 ratings — 6 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Esquisse Géologique Du Canada: Suivie d'Un Catalogue Descriptif de la Collection de Cartes: Et Coupes Géologiques, Livres Imprimés, Roches, Fossiles Et Minéraux Économiques 0.00 avg rating — 0 ratings — published 1867	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Geological Survey of Canada, Report of Progress From Its Commencement to 1863: Illustrated by 498 Wood Cuts in the Text, and Accompanied by an Atlas of Maps and Sections 0.00 avg rating — 0 ratings — 2 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	A Sketch of the Geology of Canada: Serving to Explain the Geological Map and the Collection of Economic Minerals Sent to the Universal Exhibition at Paris, 1855 0.00 avg rating — 0 ratings — 3 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	A Sketch of the Geology of Canada: Serving to Explain the Geological Map and the Collection of Economic Minerals Sent to the Universal Exhibition at Paris, 1855 0.00 avg rating — 0 ratings	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Esquisse Géologique Du Canada Pour Servir À La Carte Géologique Envoyée À L'exposition Universelle De Paris 0.00 avg rating — 0 ratings	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Esquisse G Ologique Du Canada Pour Servir A L'Intelligence de La Carte G Ologique Et de La Collection Des Min Raux Conomiques Envoy Es A L'Exposition 0.00 avg rating — 0 ratings	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	A sketch of the geology of Canada : serving to explain the geological map and the collection of economic minerals sent to the Universal exhibition at Paris, 1855 1855 [Leather Bound] 0.00 avg rating — 0 ratings	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars

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