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

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Letters from Wigham, J B to Charles Lyell, 26 February 1839 - 12 December 1839

 File — Box Box 1.13: Series Coll-203/1 (Lyell 1)
Identifier: Coll-203/1/290
Scope and Contents Mr. J. B. Wigham was writing from Heigham in Norfolk. In his death notice, dated 26th December 1851, in the Norfolk Chronicle, Wigham is described as "a Fellow of the Royal Geological Society, and was well known as having personally collected one of the best cabinets of tertiary fossils in the kingdom". Teh main themes of the letters are shells, Crags, Norfolk/Norwich, and Sand pipes, and they are summarised as: ...
Dates: 26 February 1839 - 12 December 1839
Found in: University of Edinburgh Library Heritage Collections / Papers of Sir Charles Lyell / Correspondence to Charles Lyell, A-Z 1927 tranche

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 Transcription note: The following table of contents is Lyell's own words, copied from Lyell's own "Index", found at the beginning and end of the notebook, transcribed from digital surrogates using the platform...
Dates: January 1844 - May 1844
Found in: University of Edinburgh Library Heritage Collections / Papers of Sir Charles Lyell / Scientific Notebooks

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