Sorby, Henry Clifton, 1826-1908 (geologist)
Person
Found in 5 Collections and/or Records:
Archibald Geikie, correpondence
Series
Identifier: Coll-1815/2
Scope and Contents
Letters to Sir Archibald Geike from: Hicks, Henry (25 Oct. 1887); Hooker, Joseph Dalton (Sir) (May 1890); Horne, John (5 Jun. 1898); Huxley, Thomas Henry (17 May 1862); Kidston, Robert (3 Aug. 1883); Lapworth, Charles (Sir) (16 Nov. 1898); Lyell, Charles (Sir) (31 Mar. 1860); Marcou, Jules (5 Jan. 1871); Marcon, Jules (30 Apr. 1878); Milne, John (15 Aug. 1895); Peach, Benjamin Neve (19 Oct. 1898); Prestwich, Joseph (Sir) (15 May 1892?); Scrope, G. Poulett (1866?); Sorby, Henry...
Dates:
Majority of material found within 1840s-1940s
Correspondence of Sir Archibald Geikie: William Johnson Sollas to WC Trevelyan, 1870-1915
Sub-Series
Identifier: Coll-74/13/8
Scope and Contents
The Correspondence of Sir Archibald Geikie: William Johnson Sollas to WC Trevelyan sub-series includes letters from:
William Johnson Sollas
Henry Clifton Sorby
Eduard Seuss
William Kirby Sullivan
Ralph Tate
Jethro Justinian Harris Teall
Charles Wyville Thomson
Ramsay Heatley...
Dates:
1870-1915
Letters from Sorby, Henry Clifton to Charles Lyell, 19 January 1856 - 2 December 1864
File — Box Box 1.12: Series Coll-203/1 (Lyell 1)
Identifier: Coll-203/1/248
Scope and Contents
Includes samples of clay.
Dates:
19 January 1856 - 2 December 1864
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
Sorby Research Fund, 1909-1914
Series
Identifier: Coll-74/4
Scope and Contents
The Sorby Research Fund series consists of:
- Constitution of the Sorby Research Fund, in handwritten, typewritten and printed forms
- Correspondence relating to the establishment of the fund
- Notes
Dates:
1909-1914
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- Administration 1
- Amiens (France) 1
- Aurignacian culture--France 1
- Bones 1
- Brighton (England) 1
- Caves 1
- City of London (England) 1
- Elephant bones 1
- England -- River -- Thames 1
- Fernando Po (Equatorial Guinea) 1
- Glaciers 1
- Hippopotamus (Genus), Fossil 1
- Lyell, Sir Charles, 1797-1875 (1st Baronet | Scottish geologist) -- correspondence to 1
- Mastodon 1
- Paris basin (France) 1
- Professional Contributions 1
- Professional Interaction 1
- Puy-de-Dôme (France : Department) 1
- Research Grants 1
- Scholarly Publishing 1
- Scientific expeditions 1
- Sheffield (England) 1
- Social Interaction 1
- Tuvalu 1
- Zoological museums 1 + ∧ less
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