Sir William Edmond Logan, FRS, (April 20, 1798 - June 22, 1875) was a noted 19th century Canadian geologist. Logan was born in Montreal, Quebec and studied at the University of Edinburgh. He started teaching himself geology in 1831, when he took over the running of a colliery in Swansea. He produced a geological map of the south Wales coalfield. Wikipedia
The definitive Wikipedia entry for William Edmond Logan. Wikipedia is the biggest multilingual free-content encyclopedia on the Internet. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/William_Edmond_Logan
William Edmond Logans education was begun in Mr Alexander Skakels school in Montreal, but at the age of 16 he was sent with his older brother Hart to high school in Edinburgh. www.biographi.ca/EN/ShowBio.asp?BioId=39228
Site dedicated to the work and memory of Sir William Logan 1798 - 1875, Canada's first geologists and 1st director of the Geological Survey of Canada founded in 1842 / Site dédié à l'oeuvre et à la mémoire de Sir William gsc.nrcan.gc.ca/hist/logan/
