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GESNER, ABRAHAM (1797-1864)

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GESNER, See also:ABRAHAM (1797-1864) , See also:Canadian geologist, was See also:born in Nova See also:Scotia in 1797. He qualified as a See also:doctor of See also:medicine in See also:London in 1827. Returning to the Dominion, he published in 1836 Remarks on the See also:Geology and See also:Mineralogy of Nova Scotia, and continuing his researches he was enabled in 1843 to bring before the See also:Geological Society of London " A Geological See also:Map of Nova Scotia, with an accompanying Memoir " (Prot. Geol. See also:Soc. iv. 186). In 1849 he issued a See also:volume on the See also:industrial resources of the See also:country. He dealt also with the geology and mineralogy of New See also:Brunswick and See also:Prince See also:Edward's See also:Island. Devoting himself to the economic See also:side of geology in various parts of See also:North See also:America, he was enabled to bring out in 1861 A See also:Practical See also:Treatise on See also:Coal, See also:Petroleum and other Distilled See also:Oils. He died at See also:Halifax, N.S., on the 29th of See also:April 1864.

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