Prestwich, Sir Joseph, 1812-1896 (British geologist and businessman, Fellow of the Royal Society)
Person
Found in 16 Collections and/or Records:
Notebook No.183, 30 April 1853 - 3 July 1853
Item — Box Lyell-temp-box 7: Series Coll-203/A1
Identifier: Coll-203/A1/183
Scope and Contents
Notebook 183 contains notes from 30 April to 3 July 1853. Many pages throughout the notebook are headed "Manual," referencing the fourth edition of Lyell's "A Manual of Elementary Geology." These notes were used in preparation for the fifth edition, which was published in 1855. In May 1853, Lyell embarks on his fourth trip to the United States, serving as Britain's representative at the Exhibition of the Industry of All Nations. He traveled via the steamship Canada, landing in Nova Scotia on...
Dates:
30 April 1853 - 3 July 1853
Notebook No.239, 29 July 1859 - 11 August 1859
Item — Box Lyell-temp-box 8: Series Coll-203/A1
Identifier: Coll-203/A1/239
Scope and Contents
This red leather bound notebook contains Charles Lyell's notes from his travels through France - Amiens - Paris - Le Puy. Notes are in pencil and ink and are primarily daily journal entries. The index is located at the back of the notebook. Lyell's own index July 1859 Index - Amiens & Paris
p. 6 and 7 Amiens - levels obtained by Prestwich of heights at Abbeville
p. 8. Lartet's address.
p. 10. M....
Dates:
29 July 1859 - 11 August 1859
Notebook No.245, 6 November 1860 - March 1861
Item — Box Lyell-temp-box 9: Series Coll-203/A1
Identifier: Coll-203/A1/245
Scope and Contents
Teal coloured leather Notebook, the index appears at the back of the book. On this occasion, Lyell creates the index chronologically, with the dates noted first, then page numbers and subjects. The notebook starts with Lyell in London. He creates a table for calculating the rate of rising of land. He is preparing to travel to Paris – listing maps and books to take, Notebooks which document earlier visits to Amiens, Abbeville, articles to read etc. Page 44 notes the weights of both Charles...
Dates:
6 November 1860 - March 1861
Notebook No.248, 30 March 1863 - 29 July 1863
Item — Box Lyell-temp-box 9: Series Coll-203/A1
Identifier: Coll-203/A1/248
Scope and Contents
This dark green Notebook documents Lyell's work whilst in London, and on location in Suffolk and Kent, Lyell is considering the antiquity of man, flints, hatchets and heights and depths of sea levels. The two previous notebooks 246 and 247 - have no indexes. This notebook is the first one featuring Lyell's Secretary, Arabella Buckley. Born in 1840, Buckley started to work as secretary to Lyell at the age of 24, and remained with him until his death in 1875. The index starts in Lyell's own...
Dates:
30 March 1863 - 29 July 1863
Notebook No.255, 18 March 1869 - 28 April 1869
Item — Box Lyell-temp-box 9: Series Coll-203/A1
Identifier: Coll-203/A1/255
Scope and Contents
This dark red Notebook is annotated with Lyell's name, address at 73 Harley Street, London. The Notebook documents work based along the coast of Norfolk, as Lyell travels with Mary [presumed as she is not mentioned], Buckley and his nephew Leonard Lyell - who is credited with observations and finds. From Norfolk, they head to Hull and Withernsea. In this Notebook, not every page is numbered. This Notebook contains sections where Buckley describes their field work, recording observations like...
Dates:
18 March 1869 - 28 April 1869
Professional Correspondence, 1872-1917
Series
Identifier: Coll-99/2
Scope and Contents
c200 letters, chronologically arranged, including those from J Peter Lesley, Sir Joseph Prestwich, Ferdinand Vandiveer Hayden, Grove Karl Gilbert, Sir Joseph Dalton Hooker and James Dwight Dana. Subjects covered include many aspects of geology and related matters.
Dates:
1872-1917