Lyell, Lady Mary, 1808-1873 (née Horner)
Person
Dates
- Existence: 1808 - 1873
Found in 229 Collections and/or Records:
Letters from Sir Charles Lyell to his siblings, 23 January 1830 - 8 December 1831
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Identifier: Coll-203/B4/7
Scope and Contents
Letters from Charles to his sisters and brother, relating to his travel, career, fellow scientists, friends and family:
To Caroline written at London. Unpublished. 23 January 1830
To Eleanor written at London. Published. 26 February 1830
To Eleanor written at London. Published. 11 May 1830
To Marianne written at Toulouse. Published. 9 July 1830
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Dates:
23 January 1830 - 8 December 1831
Letters to Bunbury, Lady Frances Joanna Horner, from Charles Lyell , 14 November 1852-14 November 1867
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Identifier: Coll-203/B3/3
Scope and Contents
All written whilst Charles Lyell is in London, except one:
14 November 1852
10 June 1854
10 July 1854
15 November 1854
7 July 1857
1 October 1858, written at Casa Inglese, Etna
16 November 1859
15 February 1860
17 November 1860
16 November 1862 -...
Dates:
14 November 1852-14 November 1867
Letters to Horner, Leonard, from Charles Lyell, 24 November 1829-8 September 1863
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Identifier: Coll-203/B3/8
Scope and Contents
Letters include notes from Mary, and many are in Mary's writing on behalf of Charles, written whilst in London, at Kinnordy, on board the Perth steamer, in America - including New York, Ontario, Georgia, Alabama, Philadelphia, Boston - Madeira and Tenerife, with two packets covering trips in Germany and Italy. They are in 3 folders:
1829-1849
1850-1859
1860-1863
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Dates:
24 November 1829-8 September 1863
Letters to Huxley, Thomas Henry, from Charles Lyell, 5 June 1865-6 June 1865
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Identifier: Coll-203/B3/9
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Detailing Lyell's concerns and proposed actions, relating to a proposal by Huxley, to work to cancel a note and to add a P.S. [postscript] to the preface of 'Antiquity of Man', relating to Lubbock's challenge. Lyell writes that he has shown the resultant correspondance prior to these letters, to Hooker, Busk and then Darwin:
5 June 1865 Lyell writes in haste - Mary takes over the writing - as he is...
Dates:
5 June 1865-6 June 1865
Lowell Lectures, Boston, October 1841 - November 1841
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Identifier: Coll-203/B14/4
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Lectures 2, 6, 7, 8, 9 and 12, on Auvergne, Coral Reefs, Coal and Glaciers. Includes both long and short notes, some written by Mary. Lyell seems to be using testing different forms of expression - one section quite poetic.
Lecture 2. Auvergne freshwater, 1841. Booklet of short notes with numbered points, and list of illustrations.
Lecture 2 Auvergne freshwater, 1841. Long notes, Mary’s...
Dates:
October 1841 - November 1841
Lowell Lectures, Boston, 19 October 1852 - 26 November 1852
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Identifier: Coll-203/B14/15
Scope and Contents
Since Lyell's last visit to the US, Louis Agassiz had given a series of Lowell Lectures in Autumn 1846, which Lyell had nominated him for, and Lyell had been invited by Prince Albert to join the Royal Commission for the Great Exhibition, held in Crystal Palace. Lowell travelled from Boston to London, and engaged Lyell to present yet another course of Lowell lectures in Autumn 1852.
Lyell had given six lectures at Royal Institution (4 of which dealt with American Geology). His new...
Dates:
19 October 1852 - 26 November 1852
Madeira and Canaries Notebook, 2 August 1858 - 16 May 1859
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Identifier: Coll-203/A4/2
Scope and Contents
Small red leather soft cover notebook, marbled end papers, paginated in handwritten ink. Front cover marked as 'Madeira & Canaries'.This notebook records discussions, reading, drawings and copy letters (in Mary's writing) made whilst with Hartung at Swingenberg, Germany, and working through the Canary Islands publication, making revisions or notes, especially on volcanoes, lava slopes, elevations and upheaval. Many pages written in pencil. Blank from page 89 onwards. ...
Dates:
2 August 1858 - 16 May 1859
Madeira and Canary Islands, 1853 - 1856
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Identifier: Coll-203/2/641
Scope and Contents
Includes work on Fossil plants of Santa Jorge, Madeira by Heer [is Lyell's writing], Index list to Canary Island specimens of rocks - Lanzarote, Fuerventura, Tenerife, Madeira, Grand Canary; Georg Hartung's notes on Porto Santo and Madeira [possibly Bunbury's writing]; Fossil plants from the Lignite beds of Santa Jorge [possibly Mary Lyell's writing]; titles of plants by Hartung; Hartung's notes on Serra d'Agoa, Pico Serrido, Meio Medade, S. Vincent, including drawings and Funchal Directory...
Dates:
1853 - 1856
Madeira and Canary Islands Notebooks , 1856-1859
Series
Identifier: Coll-203/A4
Scope and Contents
Two notebooks created to contain work, with Georg Hartung, and others, relating to Madeira – with references to Canary Islands, Gran Canarias, Tenerife and the Azores. No indexes in either, the notebooks record discussions, reading, and include drawings and copy letters (in Mary's writing) on volcanoes, lava slopes, shells, elevations and upheaval.
Dates:
1856-1859
Madeira - Notes, Indexes, 5 November 1856 - 1857
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Identifier: Coll-203/A4/1
Scope and Contents
Dark green to black leather soft cover notebook with marbled end paper, paginated in handwritten ink. Identified with side label 'Mad-eira Index Manual 55' and on the front with a label 'Madeira p1-53 Notes [amended text] 1856 C.L. and on the next line, Manual [underlined] new Ed[ition] [from] p.55 Indexes'. Also contains notes on Lyell's preparation for an edition of his Manual of Elementary Geology. Summary index: This notebook does not...
Dates:
5 November 1856 - 1857