Forbes, Edward, 1815-1854 (Manx naturalist | Professor of Natural History, University of Edinburgh 1854)
Dates
- Existence: 12 February 1815 - 18 November 1854
Created for
Charles Lyell Project, June 2021
Found in 72 Collections and/or Records:
Letter to Sir Archibald Geikie from Alexander MacMillan, 08 January 1861
Letter to Sir Archibald Geikie from Alexander MacMillan enclosing a letter from John Van Voorst (attached) refusing permission to use some wood cuts [in 'Memoir of Edward Forbes'], 1861, and requesting sight of Mrs. Yelverton's "things".
Letter to Sir Archibald Geikie from Alexander MacMillan, 06 March 1861
Letter to Sir Archibald Geikie from Alexander MacMillan inviting him to dinner and commenting on the Yelverton bigamy case.
Letter to Sir Archibald Geikie from Alexander MacMillan, 19 June 1861
Letter to Sir Archibald Geikie from Alexander MacMillan lamenting the slow sales of his book 'Memoirs of Edward Forbes' and suggesting this is due to the popularity of "the Gorilla book", [3rd edition Charles Robert Darwin's Origin of the Species].
Letter to [Sir Archibald Geikie] from David Forbes, 29 July 1860
Letter to [Sir Archibald Geikie] from David Forbes with criticism and spelling corrections for part of his book Memoir of Edward Forbes, ( 1861) .
Letter to Sir Archibald Geikie from Edmonston and Douglas, 19 June 1861
Letter to Sir Archibald Geikie from Edmonston and Douglas handing him a list of persons to whom a presentation copy of Memoir of Edward Forbes, ( 1861) have been sent.
Letter to Sir Archibald Geikie from George Edward Day, 02 July 1861
Letter to Sir Archibald Geikie from George Edward Day thanking him for a copy of Memoir of Edward Forbes, ( 1861) and suggesting some corrections, should a second edition be published.
Letter to Sir Archibald Geikie from Henry William Bristow, 09 June 1861
Letter to Sir Archibald Geikie from Henry William Bristow thanking Geikie for his gift of a copy of Memoir of Edward Forbes, FRS, ( 1861) and praising the content.
Letter to Sir Archibald Geikie from James Brotherstone Laughton, 02 July 1861
Letter to Sir Archibald Geikie from James Brotherstone Laughton introducing himself as the only remaining member of the Oineromathic Club, suggesting the publication of some poems by Edward Forbes, and offering some for this purpose.
Letter to Sir Archibald Geikie from Jessie Aitken Wilson, 24 January 1860
Letter to Sir Archibald Geikie from Jessie Aitken Wilson concerning the ownership of letters which her late brother George Wilson had borrowed as background material for the 'Memoirs of Edward Forbes'. She suggests writing to the owners to let them know that she has transferred them to Sir Archibald Geikie, and writes a detailed action list. She discusses the health of Sir Andrew Crombie Ramsay and her dislike of Emily M Yelverton.
Letter to Sir Archibald Geikie from Jessie Aitken Wilson, 26 January 1860
Letter to Sir Archibald Geikie from Jessie Aitken Wilson telling him that she has written to various people concerning the continued use of letters which were lent for the compilation of the 'Memoirs of Edward Forbes'. She informs him of the death of Captain Graves and encloses papers from Peter Colin Campbell (not attached).