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Hooker, William Jackson, Sir, 1785-1865 (professor of botany, University of Glasgow)

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Found in 5 Collections and/or Records:

Cawdor Castle, Invernesshire, 2 March 1818

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Identifier: Coll-10/7/55(i)
Scope and Contents

Cawdor Castle, Invernesshire. Line engraving. 2 March 1818. Hooker, William Jackson, Sir, 1785-1865, Artist; Higham, Thomas, 1796-1844, Engraver; Clarke, William, Publisher.

Publisher statement: Published for the Proprietors … by W. Clarke, New Bond Street.

Published in: The Antiquarian Itinerary, vol. 7 (1818).

Dates: 2 March 1818

Letter to Mary [Lyell] from [Charles James Bunbury], c 1850

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Identifier: Coll-203/2/folio(s) 42-44
Scope and Contents

Letter to Mary [Lyell] from [Charles James Bunbury] giving barometrical observations in feet which were taken on the Island of Gran Canaria. Bunbury states that he has passed these measurements to Dr Hooker in order that he might verify them, 1850s.

Dates: c 1850

Notebook No.115, January 1844- May 1844

 Item — Box Lyell-temp-box 5: Series Coll-203/A1
Identifier: Coll-203/A1/115
Scope and Contents This notebook contains Charles Lyell’s notes from January to May 1844 while in London. Notes are in pencil and ink. The notebook index is located in the back of the notebook on pages 112-115. From pp.20-22, 32 - with Darwin Lyell's own index Index London Jan[uary] to May 1844. p. 1, 2, 4, 6, 8 Acc[ount]. with C. Sowerby p. 3 Latin poetry, De ape electro inclusa - [p. 3 Latin poetry] De vipera...
Dates: January 1844- May 1844

Notes and correspondence on the geology of Forfarshire, 1817-1841

 Series — Box Lyell Temp Box 1.21 (Formerly Gen 118): Series Coll-203/2 (Lyell 2); Series Coll-203/3 (Lyell 3); Series Coll-203/4 (Lyell 4)
Identifier: Coll-203/3 (Lyell 3)
Scope and Contents

The notes and correspondence on the Geology of Forfarshire consist of:


  1. notes
  2. sketchbooks
  3. geological cross sections
  4. correspondence
Dates: 1817-1841

Ruins in Iona, Argyleshire, 1 June 1817

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Identifier: Coll-10/8/108(i)
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Ruins in Iona, Argyleshire. Line engraving. 1 June 1817. Hooker, William Jackson, Sir, 1785-1865, Artist; Higham, Thomas, 1796-1844, Engraver; Clarke, William, Publisher.

Publisher statement: Published for the Proprietors … by W. Clarke, New Bond Street.

Published in: The Antiquarian Itinerary, vol. V (1817).

Dates: 1 June 1817

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Ammonites (Mollusks) 1
Angus (Scotland) 1
Anthracite coal 1
Atmospheric Pressure, Measurement 1
Bahía Blanca (Argentina) 1