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Forbes, Edward, 1815-1854 (Manx naturalist | Professor of Natural History, University of Edinburgh 1854)

 Person

Staff Only

Dates

  • Existence: 12 February 1815 - 18 November 1854

Created for

Charles Lyell Project, June 2021

Found in 84 Collections and/or Records:

Letter to Sir Archibald Geikie from Joseph Beete Jukes, 26 January 1861

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Identifier: Coll-74/11/3/20
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Letter to Sir Archibald Geikie from Joseph Beete Jukes detailing his current duties as an explanation for not providing information for the biography of Edward Forbes earlier. He asks for details of which periods are missing from the research so that letters from this period can be forwarded. He discusses the Yelverton bigamy trial.

Dates: 26 January 1861
Found in: University of Edinburgh Library Heritage Collections / Papers of Sir Archibald Geikie / Correspondence of Sir Archibald Geikie (A-H) / Correspondence concerning the compilation of 'Memoir of Edward Forbes'

Letter to Sir Archibald Geikie from Joseph Beete Jukes, 20 March 1861

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Identifier: Coll-74/11/3/21
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Letter to Sir Archibald Geikie from Joseph Beete Jukes asking him to send a copy of a manuscript to Emily M Yelverton's solicitor.

Dates: 20 March 1861
Found in: University of Edinburgh Library Heritage Collections / Papers of Sir Archibald Geikie / Correspondence of Sir Archibald Geikie (A-H) / Correspondence concerning the compilation of 'Memoir of Edward Forbes'

Letter to Sir Archibald Geikie from Joseph Beete Jukes, 12 April 1861

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Identifier: Coll-74/11/3/22
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Letter to Sir Archibald Geikie from Joseph Beete Jukes saying that he has seen the proofs of the biography of Edward Forbes sent to Robert Patterson, and suggesting some amendments.

Dates: 12 April 1861
Found in: University of Edinburgh Library Heritage Collections / Papers of Sir Archibald Geikie / Correspondence of Sir Archibald Geikie (A-H) / Correspondence concerning the compilation of 'Memoir of Edward Forbes'

Letter to Sir Archibald Geikie from Joseph Beete Jukes, 14 May 1861

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Identifier: Coll-74/11/3/23
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Letter to Sir Archibald Geikie from Joseph Beete Jukes with more information for the biography of Edward Forbes. He comments on Edward Forbes' relationship with his wife (now Emily M Yelverton) and on her character.

Dates: 14 May 1861
Found in: University of Edinburgh Library Heritage Collections / Papers of Sir Archibald Geikie / Correspondence of Sir Archibald Geikie (A-H) / Correspondence concerning the compilation of 'Memoir of Edward Forbes'

Letter to Sir Archibald Geikie from Robert Alfred Cloyne Godwin-Austen, 05 August 1861

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Identifier: Coll-74/11/3/13
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Letter to Sir Archibald Geikie from Robert Alfred Cloyne Godwin-Austen thanking him for a copy of his book Memoir of Edward Forbes, ( 1861) , and offering some criticisms of the text.

Dates: 05 August 1861
Found in: University of Edinburgh Library Heritage Collections / Papers of Sir Archibald Geikie / Correspondence of Sir Archibald Geikie (A-H) / Correspondence concerning the compilation of 'Memoir of Edward Forbes'

Letter to Sir Archibald Geikie from Sir Andrew Crombie Ramsay, 27 May 1861

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Identifier: Coll-74/11/3/49
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Letter to Sir Archibald Geikie from Sir Andrew Crombie Ramsay with editorial comments about the inclusion of sensitive material concerning the School of Mines, the Museum of Economic Geology and the Geological Survey of Great Britain in his 'Memoirs of Edward Forbes'.

Dates: 27 May 1861
Found in: University of Edinburgh Library Heritage Collections / Papers of Sir Archibald Geikie / Correspondence of Sir Archibald Geikie (A-H) / Correspondence concerning the compilation of 'Memoir of Edward Forbes'

Letter to Sir Archibald Geikie from Sir Andrew Crombie Ramsay, 27 May 1861

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Identifier: Coll-74/11/3/50a
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Letter to Sir Archibald Geikie from Sir Andrew Crombie Ramsay. (continuation of Coll-74/11/3/49) reporting that he has written a title page and introduction [to his memoir of Edinburgh], and sent it to press.

Dates: 27 May 1861
Found in: University of Edinburgh Library Heritage Collections / Papers of Sir Archibald Geikie / Correspondence of Sir Archibald Geikie (A-H) / Correspondence concerning the compilation of 'Memoir of Edward Forbes'

Letter to Sir Archibald Geikie from Sir Andrew Crombie Ramsay, 03 June 1861

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Identifier: Coll-74/11/3/51
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Letter to Sir Archibald Geikie from Sir Andrew Crombie Ramsay complaining that the proofs of 'Memoirs of Edward Forbes' obviously arrived too late for him to make any meaningful comment and that the sensitive information about the School of Mines contained in personal letters, which he had lent to George Wilson, had been published without his input or consent.

Dates: 03 June 1861
Found in: University of Edinburgh Library Heritage Collections / Papers of Sir Archibald Geikie / Correspondence of Sir Archibald Geikie (A-H) / Correspondence concerning the compilation of 'Memoir of Edward Forbes'

Letter to Sir Archibald Geikie from Sir Andrew Crombie Ramsay, 10 June 1861

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Identifier: Coll-74/11/3/53
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Letter to Sir Archibald Geikie from Sir Andrew Crombie Ramsay reiterating that sensitive material from his private letters should not have been published in 'Memoirs of Edward Forbes' before he had had the opportunity to correct the proofs.

Dates: 10 June 1861
Found in: University of Edinburgh Library Heritage Collections / Papers of Sir Archibald Geikie / Correspondence of Sir Archibald Geikie (A-H) / Correspondence concerning the compilation of 'Memoir of Edward Forbes'

Letter to Sir Archibald Geikie from William Hellier Baily, 18 February 1861

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Identifier: Coll-74/11/3/4
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Letter to Sir Archibald Geikie from William Hellier Baily commenting on 4 letters and 3 sketches by Edward Forbes (not attached) and reporting on his health.

Dates: 18 February 1861
Found in: University of Edinburgh Library Heritage Collections / Papers of Sir Archibald Geikie / Correspondence of Sir Archibald Geikie (A-H) / Correspondence concerning the compilation of 'Memoir of Edward Forbes'