Jones, Thomas Rupert, 1819-1911 (geologist and palaeontologist)

Correspondence: from Duncan M Irvine to Alfred John Jukes-Browne, 1865-1899

Sub-Series

Identifier: Coll-74/12/7

Scope and Contents

The Correspondence: from Duncan M Irvine to Alfred John Jukes-Browne sub-series consists of:

44 letters, alphabetically arranged (1865-1899)

Dates: 1865-1899

Found in: University of Edinburgh Library Heritage Collections / Papers of Sir Archibald Geikie / Correspondence of Sir Archibald Geikie (H-S)

Letters from Jones, Thomas Rupert to Charles Lyell, 21 February 1851 - 26 December 1876

File — Box Box 1.7: Series Coll-203/1 (Lyell 1)

Identifier: Coll-203/1/148

Scope and Contents From the Series: This series of correspondence is arranged alphabetically, A-Z, including one ‘Miscellaneous’ section within the 'M' series. Each correspondent has been assigned a file number – there may be several folders within that file, evidencing the longevity and depth of the relationship between Lyell and the correspondent - for example his brother in law Charles Bunbury. Lyell himself, Mary or Arabella Buckley have mostly recorded a summary of the contents of the correspondence, either on the...

Dates: 21 February 1851 - 26 December 1876

Found in: University of Edinburgh Library Heritage Collections / Papers of Sir Charles Lyell / Correspondence to Charles Lyell, A-Z 1927 tranche

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

Found in: University of Edinburgh Library Heritage Collections / Papers of Sir Charles Lyell / Scientific Notebooks

Notebook No.198, 9 August 1854 - 22 December 1854

Item — Box Lyell-temp-box 7: Series Coll-203/A1

Identifier: Coll-203/A1/198

Scope and Contents This red notebook contains a record of Charles Lyell’s notes and travels from August 1854 to January 1855 whilst in Southern England after his return from Maderia. Lyell is in London, Liverpool, Mildenhall, Icklingham, and at Maidenhead on the way to Bowood. Key individuals in this notebook include Pedro Maffiote (geologist), Roderick Murchison (geologist), Edward Forbes (naturalist), Andrew Ramsay (geologist), Alcide d'Orbigny (naturalist), Georg Hartung (geologist), Charles Darwin...

Dates: 9 August 1854 - 22 December 1854