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Found in 29 Collections and/or Records:

Letter to Sir Archibald Geikie from George James Allman, 17 November 1860

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Identifier: Coll-74/11/6/3
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Letter to Sir Archibald Geikie from George James Allman telling him that his paper on the Trap Rocks of Scotland will be accepted for the Transactions of the Royal Society of Edinburgh once he has undertaken the additions which he indicated he intends to make.

Dates: 17 November 1860
Found in: University of Edinburgh Library Heritage Collections / Papers of Sir Archibald Geikie / Correspondence of Sir Archibald Geikie (A-H) / Correspondence to Sir Archibald Geikie: W[illiam] G[rylls] Adams to Paul Apfelstedt

Letter to Sir Archibald Geikie from George James Allman, 23 November 1860

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Identifier: Coll-74/11/6/4
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Letter to Sir Archibald Geikie from George James Allman telling him that his paper on the Trap Rocks of Scotland is of sufficient quality to publish in the Transactions of the Royal Society of Edinburgh without the additions he was planning, if that is what he wishes.

Dates: 23 November 1860
Found in: University of Edinburgh Library Heritage Collections / Papers of Sir Archibald Geikie / Correspondence of Sir Archibald Geikie (A-H) / Correspondence to Sir Archibald Geikie: W[illiam] G[rylls] Adams to Paul Apfelstedt

Letter to Sir Archibald Geikie from John Hutton Balfour, 30 March 1878

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Identifier: Coll-74/11/8/8
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Letter to Sir Archibald Geikie from John Hutton Balfour asking if he can procure an obituary for Professor Robert Harkness for the Royal Society [of Edinburgh]. He arranges to talk about Geikie's paper on metamorphic rocks when they meet.

Dates: 30 March 1878
Found in: University of Edinburgh Library Heritage Collections / Papers of Sir Archibald Geikie / Correspondence of Sir Archibald Geikie (A-H) / Correspondence to Sir Archibald Geikie: A Bachellery to Thomas Forster Brown

Letter to Sir Archibald Geikie from John Hutton Balfour, 27 June 1879

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Identifier: Coll-74/11/8/9
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Letter to Sir Archibald Geikie from John Hutton Balfour telling him that he has been awarded the Macdougall-Brisbane prize by the Royal Society [of Edinburgh] for his memoir on the old red sandstone of western Europe which was published in the Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society [of Edinburgh] in 1877-1878. The prize will be announced at the Society's meeting on the 07 July 1879 and awarded at the year's concluding meeting on 21 July 1879.

Dates: 27 June 1879
Found in: University of Edinburgh Library Heritage Collections / Papers of Sir Archibald Geikie / Correspondence of Sir Archibald Geikie (A-H) / Correspondence to Sir Archibald Geikie: A Bachellery to Thomas Forster Brown

Letter to Sir Archibald Geikie from John Hutton Balfour, 05 July 1879

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Identifier: Coll-74/11/8/10
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Letter to Sir Archibald Geikie from John Hutton Balfour telling him that the addresses by Professors Philp Kelland and Matthew Forster Heddle are currently with Neill and Co but could be borrowed from them so long as they are returned to Balfour and copies made available for the Transactions of the Royal Society of Edinburgh.

Dates: 05 July 1879
Found in: University of Edinburgh Library Heritage Collections / Papers of Sir Archibald Geikie / Correspondence of Sir Archibald Geikie (A-H) / Correspondence to Sir Archibald Geikie: A Bachellery to Thomas Forster Brown

Letter to Sir Archibald Geikie from John Hutton Balfour, 14 July 1879

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Identifier: Coll-74/11/8/11
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Letter to Sir Archibald Geikie from John Hutton Balfour telling Geikie that the council [of the Royal Society of Edinburgh] has approved the requested sum of £53 and he can engage the lithographer.

Dates: 14 July 1879
Found in: University of Edinburgh Library Heritage Collections / Papers of Sir Archibald Geikie / Correspondence of Sir Archibald Geikie (A-H) / Correspondence to Sir Archibald Geikie: A Bachellery to Thomas Forster Brown

Letter to the Secretary of the Royal Society of Edinburgh from Alexander S. Huth, 08 October 1907

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Identifier: Coll-14/9/13/41
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Huth writes that he is sending Ewart the original and proofs of the zebra plate and requests to have the original back when going to press. He requests the plates already printed of 'Agar' and 'Marshall and Jolly'.

Dates: 08 October 1907
Found in: University of Edinburgh Library Heritage Collections / Papers of James Cossar Ewart / Correspondence / Correspondence 1907

Makdougall Brisbane Medal, Royal Society of Edinburgh, 1962-1964

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Identifier: Coll-545/10
Scope and Contents From the Collection:

11 medals, 9 within their original presentation boxes, presented to Arthur Holmes between 1937 and 1964.

Dates: 1962-1964
Found in: University of Edinburgh Library Heritage Collections / Medals Awarded to Arthur Holmes

Noreen Murray's Royal Medal from the Royal Society of Edinburgh, with pendant, 2011

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Identifier: Coll-1528/1/20
Content Description From the Fonds: This archive comprises the personal and working papers of Noreen Murray, including: awards and honours; biographical materials such as photographs and family documents; material relating to Noreen's education and early career, including school certificates; personal and professional correspondence; papers relating to Noreen's work at the University of Edinburgh, including departmental papers, teaching materials and staff and student files; notes and data relating to research; notes and...
Dates: 2011
Found in: University of Edinburgh Library Heritage Collections / Papers of Lady Noreen Murray / Awards and honours

Page mounted with four photographs, c.1954

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Identifier: Coll-1057/6/2/76
Scope and Contents Recto: photograph of B.M. Slizynski, Helen Slizynska, Dr Kaufman, Dr Grjewski, Dr Blyth outside the Institute of Animal Genetics building; photograph of Dr P.E Lake looking down a microscope and Miss Ishbel Paterson holding a cockerel. Verso: photograph of Alan Greenwood with James Ritchie and R.C Fisher at a desk, taken at a meeting of the Royal Society of Edinburgh (picture credited to Edinburgh Evening News); photograph of Alan Greenwood seated on a...
Dates: c.1954
Found in: University of Edinburgh Library Heritage Collections / Papers of Alan W. Greenwood / Photographs / Photographs from the Poultry Research Centre

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