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Beche, Sir Henry Thomas, 1796-1855 (English geologist)

 Person

Found in 4 Collections and/or Records:

Correspondence: John Phillips to Frederick William Rudler, 1845-1901

 Sub-Series
Identifier: Coll-74/12/18
Scope and Contents

The Correspondence: John Phillips to Frederick William Rudler sub-series consists of:


  1. 40 letters, alphabetically arranged (1845-1901)
Dates: 1845-1901

Letter to Sir Andrew Crombie Ramsay from Professor Alphonse Favre, 03 April 1872

 Item
Identifier: Coll-74/11/1/10
Scope and Contents

Letter to Sir Andrew Crombie Ramsay from Alphonse Favre enquiring whether it would be possible for the central public library at Geneva to continue receiving Geological Survey publications, an arrangement first brought into operation the previous December by Sir Henry de la Beche and Sir Roderick Impey Murchison.

Dates: 03 April 1872

Letter to Sir Archibald Geikie from Jessie Aitken Wilson, 24 January 1860

 Item
Identifier: Coll-74/11/3/55
Scope and Contents

Letter to Sir Archibald Geikie from Jessie Aitken Wilson concerning the ownership of letters which her late brother George Wilson had borrowed as background material for the 'Memoirs of Edward Forbes'. She suggests writing to the owners to let them know that she has transferred them to Sir Archibald Geikie, and writes a detailed action list. She discusses the health of Sir Andrew Crombie Ramsay and her dislike of Emily M Yelverton.

Dates: 24 January 1860

Letters from Lyell, Charles to De La Beche, Sir Henry Thomas, 2 February 1837

 File — Box Unknown: Series Coll-203/1B
Identifier: Coll-203/1B/6
Scope and Contents

Copy of letter, written by Mary, summarised as 'on classification of strata of Devon'.

Dates: 2 February 1837

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