Samuel Edward Dawson, (June 1, 1833 – February 9, 1916) was a Canadian businessman, publisher, author, and civil servant. Born in Halifax, Nova Scotia, the son of Benjamin Dawson and Elizabeth Gardner, Dawson moved with his family to

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in 1847. Dawson worked with his father in his father's bookstore called Benjamin Dawson and Son. After his father retired in 1860, Dawson went into a partnership with his brother and the firm was renamed Dawson Brothers. In 1889, Dawson left the firm. Dawson was a founder of the Dominion Note Company in 1879 and of the Montreal News Company. In 1891, he was appointed Queen's Printer which was equivalent as a deputy minister. He retired in 1908. He was created a Companion of the

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in 1906. In 1893, he was made a Fellow of the

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and served as its president from 1907 to 1908. He died at his home in Westmont on February 9, 1916.

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* 1833 births 1916 deaths Province of Canada people Canadian businesspeople 19th-century Canadian civil servants Canadian Companions of the Order of St Michael and St George Fellows of the Royal Society of Canada People from Halifax, Nova Scotia {{Canada-business-bio-stub