John William Dawson
Sign in to saveAlso known as Dawson, Sir J. W. Dawson, J. W. Dawson, J.W. Dawson, Sir John William Dawson, J. William Dawson, William Dawson
Canadian geologist, principal of McGill University (1820–1899)
Person · Open Library
- Born
- 1820
- Died
- 1899
- Works
- 429
Top works
- The geological history of plants
- On the vegetable structures in coal
- On the varieties and mode of preservation of the fossils known as Sternbergiae
- Microsauria and Labyrinthodontia from erect trees in the coal formation of Nova Scotia
- Fossil agricultural implements
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Recent publications · Crossref
5 total works indexed
- Generalized Gradient Approximation Made Simple
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- VMD: Visual molecular dynamics
· 1996 · cited 62,934x
- Theory of the firm: Managerial behavior, agency costs and ownership structure
· 1976 · cited 44,823x
- Highly accurate protein structure prediction with AlphaFold
· 2021 · cited 43,565x
- Comparison of simple potential functions for simulating liquid water
· 1983 · cited 39,551x
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- human
- Given name
- William
- Family name
- Dawson
- Gender
- male
- Citizenship
- Canada
- Place of birth
- Pictou
- Place of death
- Montreal
- Child
- George Mercer Dawson
- Occupation
- writer
- Position held
- president
- Employer
- McGill University
- Languages spoken
- English language
- Field of work
- paleontology
- Image
- John William Dawson - McCord Stewart Museum (I-99564).jpeg
- Work location
- Montreal
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- writing language
- English language
- place of burial
- Mount Royal Cemetery
- Commons category
- John William Dawson
- date of birth
- 1820-00-00
- date of death
- 1899-00-00
- described by source
- Encyclopædia Britannica 11th edition
- name in native language
- John William Dawson
- contributed to creative work
- Popular Science
- P6944
- John William Dawson
- influenced by
- Robert Jameson
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