Huxley, Thomas Henry, 1825-1895 (man of science)
Found in 12 Collections and/or Records:
Archibald Geikie, correpondence
Correspondence from Thomas Henry Huxley, 1860-1888
The Correspondence from Thomas Henry Huxley sub-series consists of:
- 15 letters, chronologically arranged (1860-1888)
Huxley, Thomas Henry, 5 June 1865-6 June 1865
Letter to James Cossar Ewart from Wilfrid Scawen Blunt, 22 July 1900
Blunt states that he is returning Thomas Huxley's American addresses, which Ewart had loaned him. He also asks Ewart's opinion of his article in the August number of the XIXth Century, 'How to Breed Horses for War'.
Letter to Sir Archibald Geikie from Alexander MacMillan, 15 February 1860
Letter to Sir Archibald Geikie from Alexander MacMillan concerning a strategy suggested by Sir Andrew Crombie Ramsay and Thomas Henry Huxley for smoothing over a disagreement with Joseph Beete Jukes and Emily M Yelverton concerning the proposed Memoir of Edward Forbes, FRS, ( 1861).
Letter to Sir Archibald Geikie from Alexander MacMillan, 25 February 1860
Letter to Sir Archibald Geikie from Alexander MacMillan with comment on the first 4 chapters of his Memoirs of Edward Forbes, ( 1861) and advice for future chapters. He suggests printing the book in Edinburgh. He comments that he does not expect any further opposition to the book fom Emily M Yelverton and has had further endorsements for the book from Thomas Henry Huxley and Robert Alfred Cloyne Godwin-Austen.
Letter to Sir Archibald Geikie from Alexander MacMillan, 17 November 1860
Letter to Sir Archibald Geikie from Alexander MacMillan concerning a delay with the printer Thomas Constable. He also tells him that he is trying to trace James Scott Bowerbank via Thomas Henry Huxley and that he encloses a letter to be forwarded from Charles Kingsley to Sir Andrew Crombie Ramsay.
Letter to Sir Archibald Geikie from Alexander MacMillan, 24 November 1860
Letter to Sir Archibald Geikie from Alexander MacMillan enclosing a letter from James Scott Bowerbank, confirming that he will lend [some manuscripts] and aspiring that they will be available by Saturday for a visit from Thomas Henry Huxley. There are also instructions from Jessie Aitken Wilson concerning the revision of portions [of 'Memoirs of Edward Forbes'] written by her brother George Wilson.
Letter to Sir Archibald Geikie from Alexander MacMillan, 28 November 1860
Letter to Sir Archibald Geikie from Alexander MacMillan telling him that sketches have arrived from James Scott Bowerbank and that the final choice will be made with the help of Thomas Henry Huxley. He advises Geikie that he has been in further contact with Jessie Aitken Wilson who is concerned that her brother [George Wilson]'s portion [of 'Memoirs of Edward Forbes'] should not be edited.
Letter to Sir Archibald Geikie from Alexander MacMillan, 07 December 1860
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