Wollaston, Thomas Vernon, 1822-1878 (English entomologist and malacologist)
Person
Found in 2 Collections and/or Records:
Letter to Mr [Thomas Vernon] Wollaston from Sir Charles Lyell, February 1856
Item
Identifier: Coll-203/2/folio(s) 208-210
Scope and Contents
Letter to Mr Wollaston from Sir Charles Lyell concerning the deposits containing land shells on the island of Porto Santo and Madeira. He discusses the depth of the deposits and the number of species that are extant and extinct and are common to both islands, with envelope, February 1856. This letter was never sent.
Dates:
February 1856
Madeira and Canaries Notebook, 2 August 1858 - 16 May 1859
Item
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