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    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...
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    was named after Sir William Edmond Logan, a Canadian geologist and founder of the Geological Survey of Canada (GSC). Mount Logan is located within Kluane...
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  • Bill, Willie or William Logan may refer to: William Logan (politician) (1776–1822), U.S. Senator from Kentucky William Logan (temperance campaigner) (1813–1879)...
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  • the Fields Medal), William Edmond Logan, Daniel Wilson, John Henry Lefroy, John Beverley Robinson, George William Allan, William Henry Draper, Oliver...
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    mining began in the Thetford hills, Quebec, from the 1870s. Sir William Edmond Logan was the first to notice the large deposits of chrysotile in the hills...
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    industrial activities such as forestry or broadcasting. Mount Logan is named after William Edmond Logan. Although already in use for some time, the name was formalized...
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    rocks that occupy the interior that were first mapped in 1844 by Sir William Edmond Logan, known as the father of Canadian geology. Fossils in such rocks show...
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    mineralogist Ann P. Sabina in 1967 and named for Canadian geologist Sir William Edmond Logan (1798–1875). It was first discovered in Francon Quarry, Montreal...
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  • highest award of the Geological Association of Canada. Named after Sir William Edmond Logan, noted 19th-century Canadian geologist. It is presented annually...
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    promontory, in the way of the Logan's Line - an inactive fracture in the Earth's crust first documented by William Edmond Logan. In addition to its long history...
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