rsity,
1855-1893, and mainly instrumental in building up the institution from a
small college to one of the first rank. Elected F. G. S., 1854, and F.
R. S., 1862; knighted, 1884. First president of Royal Society of Canada.
Author of many works on geology and palaeontology. =Index=: =T=
Commissioner to investigate King's College, 48. =Bib.=: Works: _Acadian
Geology_; _Story of the Earth and Man_; _Science and the Bible_; _Dawn
of Life_; _Origin of the World_; _Fossil Men_; _Change of Life in
Geological Times_; _Chain of Life_; _Egypt and Syria_. For biog., _see_
_Dict. Nat. Biog._; Dent, _Can. Por._; Taylor, _Brit. Am._; Morgan,
_Can. Men_; _Cyc. Am. Biog._; Dawson, _Fifty Years' Work in Canada_.

=Day, Charles Dewey= (1806-1884). Born in Bennington, Vermont. Came with
his parents to Canada, 1812. Called to the bar of Lower Canada, 1827;
created Q.C., 1837. Assisted in the prosecution of the insurgents who
had been arrested during the Rebellion of 1837-1838. Appointed
solicitor-general and called to the Special Council, 1839. Summoned by
Sydenham to the Executive Council, 1840, and subsequently elected to the
Assembly for the county of Ottawa. Appointed judge of the Court of
Queen's Bench, 1842; transferred to the Superior Court, 1849; resigned,
1862. Acted as commissioner for the codification of the civil laws of
Quebec; as representative of Quebec on the Arbitration Commission
appointed under the British North America Act to settle the claims of
the provinces; and as chairman of the Royal Commission to investigate
the charges against the Macdonald government in connection with the
granting of the charter to build the Canadian Pacific Railway. Held the
office of chancellor of McGill University from 1857 until his death.
Died in England. =Index=: =BL= Solicitor-general for Lower Canada, 1841,
76; represents British interests, 78; Baldwin's attitude to, 80;
introduces School Bill, 107; elevated to bench, 122. =Sy=
Solicitor-general for Lower Canada, 283. =E= Judge of Seigniorial Court,
187. =Bib.=: Taylor, _Brit. Am._; Dent, _Last Forty Years_.

=Dean.= =Bk= Private of the 41st, gallant conduct of at Canard bridge,
236; praised by Brock on parade, 258.

=Deane, Silas= (1737-1789). Delegate from Connecticut to Continental
Congress, 1774. Sent to France as secret political agent, 1776.
Instrumental in negotiating treaties with France, and bringing Lafayette
to America. =Index=: =Dr= Advocates canal to complete navigation