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Darwin Correspondence Project

George Frederic Matthew

1837–1923

Canadian geologist and palaeontologist. Founder member and curator, Natural History Society of New Brunswick, 1862; president, 1889–95. Employed by the Geological Survey of Canada as palaeontologist and expert in Cambrian geology, 1868–1901. Fellow of the Royal Society of Canada, 1882. Awarded the Murchison Medal by the Geological Society of London, 1917.

Source

DCB

Bibliography

DCB: Dictionary of Canadian biography. Edited by George W. Brown et al. 13 vols. and index to first 12 vols. Toronto, Ontario: University of Toronto Press. 1966–94.

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