Bunbury, Sir Charles James Fox, 1809-1886 (8th Baronet of Barton Hall, Sussex (England) | English naturalist)

Person

Staff Only

Dates

Existence: 4 February 1809 - 18 June 1886

Updated for

Charles Lyell Project 2020

Found in 2 Collections and/or Records:

Letter to Dr [Joseph Dalton] Hooker from Charles James Bunbury, 11 November 1854

Item

Identifier: Coll-203/2/folio(s) 33-35

Scope and Contents

Summary is noted by Lyell as 'Barometrial measurement of Heights'. Letter to Dr [Joseph Dalton] Hooker from Charles James Bunbury full of social chat, he mentions that "Mr Bunbury" [Henry Edward Bunbury, his father] gave a lecture to the Bury Atheneum on his recent trip to Madeira and Tenerife. He includes notes entitled " The Neutral Point of Sir C Lyell's Barometer", 11 November 1854.

Dates: 11 November 1854

Found in: University of Edinburgh Library Heritage Collections / Papers of Sir Charles Lyell / Notes and Correspondence on the geology of the Madeiran and Canary Islands

Letter to Mary [Lyell] from [Charles James Bunbury], c 1850

Item

Identifier: Coll-203/2/folio(s) 42-44

Scope and Contents

Letter to Mary [Lyell] from [Charles James Bunbury] giving barometrical observations in feet which were taken on the Island of Gran Canaria. Bunbury states that he has passed these measurements to Dr Hooker in order that he might verify them, 1850s.

Dates: c 1850