Autobiography of John Macoun, M.A.: Canadian explorer and naturalist, assistant director and naturalist to the Geological Survey
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Autobiography of John Macoun, M.A.: Canadian explorer and naturalist, assistant director and naturalist to the Geological Survey of Canada, 1831-1920: A memorial volume
Author: Macoun, John, 1832-1920. (author)
Year: 1922
Macoun, John: 1832-1920. Botanist; member of Fleming's exploration party to the Pacific, 1872; carried on botanical survey work for the Dominion government, 1870s and 1880s; appointed assistant director and naturalist of Geological Survey of Canada, 1885; his views on agricultural productivity of area within "Palliser's Triangle" said to have influenced government policy (Wallace, Dictionary of Canadian biography ). // Seton, Ernest Thompson: 1860-1946. Born Ernest Evan Thompson in South Shields, Durham, England; family moved to Lindsay, Ontario area, 1866; family lived in Toronto, 1870-1879; apprenticed in Toronto portrait studio; moved to England for art training, 1879; moved to Carberry, Manitoba, 1882; adopted Seton ancestral name and moved to U.S., 1898; organized Woodcraft Indian youth movement, 1902; took Indian name "Black Wolf"; involved in founding Boy Scouts of America; worked as illustrator for several publishers and as naturalist for Government of Manitoba; wrote a number of children's and nature books, as well as articles. See also work under name Ernest E. Thompson. // Also published, 2nd edition, Ottawa: Ottawa Field-Naturalists' Club, 1979 (xviii, 361p.).
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