Dupont, 1841-1911 (Belgian geologist)
Person
Found in 2 Collections and/or Records:
Correspondence of Sir Archibald Geikie: Belgian geologists, 1876-1899
Sub-Series
Identifier: Coll-74/13/3
Scope and Contents
The Correspondence of Sir Archibald Geikie: Belgian geologists sub-series consists of:
- letters concerning such items as the 1899 Belgian Geological Society annual general meeting, the desire for cooperation with colleagues in Britain and the translation of Geikie's work into French.
Dates:
1876-1899
Letters from Dupont, Édouard François to Charles Lyell, 20 January 1865- 30 October 1872
File — Box Box 1.4: Series Coll-203/1 (Lyell 1)
Identifier: Coll-203/1/70
Scope and Contents
Letters are summarised as:
1) Belgian caverns [SE of Dinant, Palaeolithic human remains]
2) Discovery of human remains in cavern [list of animal species also found in cave]
3) Cavern near Dinant, Palaeolithic man [butchery marks on animal bones potentially from humans, disarticulated bone assemblage including cave lion, cave hyena, bear, rhinoceros and horse]
4) Shells of the Lesse caverns [stone age flints from Vertus a commune of Marne, Belgium and polished stone...
Dates:
20 January 1865- 30 October 1872