Forbes, Edward, 1815-1854 (Manx naturalist | Professor of Natural History, University of Edinburgh 1854)
Person
Dates
- Existence: 12 February 1815 - 18 November 1854
Created for
Charles Lyell Project, June 2021
Found in 84 Collections and/or Records:
Notebook No.197, April 1854 - August 1854
Item — Box Lyell-temp-box 7: Series Coll-203/A1
Identifier: Coll-203/A1/197
Scope and Contents
This black notebook covers the months between April and August 1854, recording Charles Lyell's final travel in Madeira and the Canary Islands, includes his voyage home and ends in London. Some of the key locations this notebook discusses are Santa Cruz, Tenerife, Madeira, Baranco de Santos, and Pico De Cruz. The beginning of this notebook includes sketches and notes on the geological formations of Madeira and Tenerife including dikes, alluvium, basalt, tuff, columnar lava and breccia. Whilst...
Dates:
April 1854 - August 1854
Notebook No.199, January 1855
Item — Box Lyell-temp-box 7: Series Coll-203/A1
Identifier: Coll-203/A1/199
Scope and Contents
The notebook opens with Charles Lyell in Bowood, where he examines local geology while traveling around the Wiltshire area. He records geological observations in Calne, Whetham, Derry Hill, Heddington, Melksham, and Foxham. Subsequently, Lyell travels back to London, passing through Reading. In London, Lyell makes notes on various geology-related topics and records several addresses. On 16 February 1855, he likely attends the Annual General Meeting of the Geological Society of London. As...
Dates:
January 1855
Notebook No.200, February 1855 - March 1855
Item — Box Lyell-temp-box 7: Series Coll-203/A1
Identifier: Coll-203/A1/200
Scope and Contents
Following the completion of the fifth Edition of Manual of Elementary Geology in February 1855 [otherwise known as 'Elements of Geology'] Charles and Mary Lyell travel to Germany, where this Notebook was written. At the beginning, Lyell is in Brunswick, Germany, but most entries thereafter identify his location as Berlin. The notebook covers a wide range of geological observations and notes from meetings with German scientists. It includes discussions on stratigraphy, fossil identification,...
Dates:
February 1855 - March 1855
Papers of Sir Archibald Geikie
Fonds
Identifier: Coll-74
Scope and Contents
The papers Sir Archibald Geikie consist of:
personal, organisational and scientific correspondence
geological notebooks with field sketches and water-colours
reprints of his work
miscellaneous lecture notes
student's lecture notes
lecture notes and printed maps relating to a visit to Boston
proofs for...
Dates:
1851-1921