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Merton Yarwood Williams

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where he made a geological study which produced a map in 1935 and a description of the geology in 1943. In 1926, he was made a full professor of paleontology and stratigraphy and was appointed head of the Department of Geology and Geography in 1936. He taught courses in introductory geology,
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descent, Williams graduated from Picton High School in 1902 and was a teacher for three years before starting University. He received a Bachelor of Science degree in mining engineering from
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In 1912, he joined the Geological Survey of Canada and worked in Ontario on the regional stratigraphy of
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and served as its vice-president from 1945 to 1946. In 1926, he was made a Fellow of the
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area. In 1921, he became an associate professor of paleontology and stratigraphy at the
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in 1909. While a student at University, he was a student assistant for the
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historical geology, and paleontology. He retired in 1950.
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Academic staff of the University of British Columbia
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Bloomfield, Ontario
Vancouver, British Columbia
Queen's University
Yale University
Geology
Geological Survey of Canada
University of British Columbia
Doctoral advisor
Charles Schuchert
Canadian
geologist
Bloomfield, Ontario
Loyalist
Queen's University
Geological Survey of Canada
British Columbia
Yukon
Nova Scotia
Yale University
stratigraphy
paleontology
Charles Schuchert
Ordovician
Silurian
Bruce Peninsula
Manitoulin Island
James Bay
University of British Columbia
Mackenzie River
Hong Kong

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