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William D. Shaw Fonds
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CA RBD MSG 658
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2 cm of textual records
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(1867-1886)
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William D. Shaw was born in 1867 in Montreal, Quebec.
He was a naturalist and devoted student of science. He founded the Montreal Chapter of the Nicholas Agassiz Association. He served as its Secretary and Treasurer, and in 1885, he was appointed General Secretary for Canada. He was also a member of the Council of the Montreal Branch of the Entomological Society of Ontario, a member of the Natural History Society of Montreal, and a member of the Astro-Meteorological Association.
He died at the age of nineteen on June 29, 1886, in Montreal, Quebec.
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Shaw's papers include memoranda, notebooks and letters mainly on natural history. There are also annual reports of the Montréal chapter of the Nicholas Agassiz Association.
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Large MSS-Patton
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https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q72009593
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- Agassiz Association (Subject)