DOBSON, George Edward - British Association Member - 1884
George Edward Dobson, F.R.S. (1844-1895) was born in Ireland and graduated with a Bachelor of Arts from Trinity College, Dublin in 1866, plus several other degrees later, culminating with an M.A. in 1875.
In 1868 he entered the Army Medical Services, from which he retired in 1888 due to ill health.
As a Surgeon-Major, author and zoologist, Dobson attended and presented a paper at the 1884 Montreal meeting of the British Association. Afterwards he joined the B.A. excursionists that travelled to the Bell Farm on Sept. 14, 1884. Like so many others on that tour, he did not sign the Bell Farm Visitors Register.
After George Dobson retired from the Military due to a serious illness, he lived only a few more years, but continued his scientific research, as well as writing articles and publications as best he could. He died in 1895 at age 51.
SOURCES:
FRS = A Fellow of the Royal Society of London
Obituary 1: https://archive.org/details/philtrans03007948/page/n13/mode/2up
Obituary 2 - https://archive.org/details/s597id13663980/page/62/mode/2up
Biological Section/ - presented at B.A. Meting in Montreal, Aug. 29, 1884 - https://core.ac.uk/download/pdf/211843582.pdf
RESEARCH BY:
Michelle Cabana, Saskatoon, Sask.