Darwin, Charles Robert, 1809-1882 (Naturalist)
Person
Dates
- Existence: 1809 - 1882
Found in 66 Collections and/or Records:
Notebook No.254, August 1868 - 1 March 1869
Item — Box Lyell-temp-box 9: Series Coll-203/A1
Identifier: Coll-203/A1/254
Scope and Contents
This dark red Notebook starts in London with Mary and Leonard Lyell, and documents travels in Pembrokeshire, Wales, with an index created by Arabella Buckley. Lyell studies submerged forests, beaches, caves and iron works making notes and sketches, and referencing experts as well as local guides. Several meetings 'with Darwin'. Final pages relate to Grindle Pit, Bury St Edmunds, with sections written by Buckley that appear to be dictated by Lyell. ...
Dates:
August 1868 - 1 March 1869
Notebook No.255, 18 March 1869 - 28 April 1869
Item — Box Lyell-temp-box 9: Series Coll-203/A1
Identifier: Coll-203/A1/255
Scope and Contents
This dark red Notebook is annotated with Lyell's name, address at 73 Harley Street, London. The Notebook documents work based along the coast of Norfolk, as Lyell travels with Mary [presumed as she is not mentioned], Buckley and his nephew Leonard Lyell - who is credited with observations and finds. From Norfolk, they head to Hull and Withernsea. In this Notebook, not every page is numbered. This Notebook contains sections where Buckley describes their field work, recording observations like...
Dates:
18 March 1869 - 28 April 1869
Notebook No.258, 22 April 1870 - 3 July 1871
Item — Box Lyell-temp-box 9: Series Coll-203/A1
Identifier: Coll-203/A1/258
Scope and Contents
This black Notebook is annotated with Lyell's name, address at 73 Harley Street, London. The Notebook begins with the end a tour of Devon - started in the previous Notebook 257 - with Lyell in Barnstaple. Mostly written by Buckley, there are sections of very poor writing at times, which could be Lyell's own. From Devon to Bristol Clifton Bridge and Bath. Time following up queries and visiting the British Museum in London is followed by train to Glasgow with Mary and Leonard, then to the Isle...
Dates:
22 April 1870 - 3 July 1871
Papers of Richard Bright and James Franck Bright
Fonds — Multiple Containers
Identifier: Coll-344
Scope and Contents
The papers are composed of an accumulation of manuscript letters to both Richard Bright and his son James Franck Bright and letters between other correspondents. The letters collected by the daughters of the Bright family include those from Roget, Lord Salisbury, Oscar Wilde, Sir Henry Rider Haggard, Elizabeth Fry, and Robert Browning and many other nineteenth century notables. The collection includes a manuscript fragment - or leaf - from the Origin of the...
Dates:
19th century - 20th century
Papers of Sir Charles Lyell
Fonds
Identifier: Coll-203
Scope and Contents
Lyell’s 'Papers' provides a detailed description of several series of archival records, including his correspondence and other documents maintained by him and his team. Purposefully curated to record his work, achievements, and for historical significance, the archive retains Lyell's original organisation where possible, structuring the series accordingly. These papers should be viewed alongside Lyell's publications, notebooks, specimen collection, and offprints, which collectively represent...
Dates:
1806-1874
Some of the papers read before the Edinburgh Geological Society, 1863-1864
Series — Volume MS 2934.2: Series Coll-43/8
Identifier: Coll-43/8
Scope and Contents
Publications and printed items consist of:
- 1 volume containing 9 papers
Dates:
1863-1864
Additional filters:
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- Lyell, Sir Charles, 1797-1875 (1st Baronet | Scottish geologist) -- correspondence to 7
- Geology 5
- Etna, Mount (Italy) 4
- Biography 3
- Geology, Stratigraphic Eocene 3
- Geology, Stratigraphic Miocene 3
- Geology, Stratigraphic Tertiary 3
- Martha's Vineyard (Massachusetts, U.S.A.) 3
- Miocene Epoch 3
- Professional Interaction 3
- Slavery--United States 3
- Aberdeen, Aberdeenshire, Scotland 2
- Angus (Scotland) 2
- Anthracite coal 2
- Bones 2
- Canada -- Nova Scotia 2
- Clay 2
- Cromer (England) 2
- Falkland Islands 2
- Falun (Sweden) 2
- Geology, Stratigraphic Cambrian 2
- Geology, Stratigraphic Cretaeceous 2
- Georgia (United States) 2
- Hampstead (London, England) 2
- Himalaya Mountains 2
- Lyell, Sir Charles, 1797-1875 (1st Baronet | Scottish geologist) -- correspondence from 2
- Madeira Islands -- Madeira 2
- Mississippi River (United States) 2
- Museums 2
- Norfolk (England) 2
- North Carolina United States of America 2
- Norwich (England) 2
- Oolite 2
- Raised Beaches 2
- Scholarly Publishing 2
- Sea Monsters 2
- Sea Serpents 2
- Shells 2
- Slavery 2
- Social Interaction 2
- South Carolina United States of America 2
- Theory of Evolution 2
- Alabama (United States) 1
- Aldborough (North Yorkshire, England) 1
- America 1
- American Alligator 1
- Ammonites (Mollusks) 1
- Antiquities 1
- Appalachian Mountains 1
- Artesian wells 1
- Athenæum Club (London, England) 1
- Australia -- Queensland 1
- Authors 1
- Autobiographies 1
- Auvergne (France) 1
- Bahía Blanca (Argentina) 1
- Banchory, Aberdeenshire, Scotland 1
- Baptists 1
- Barry Island (Barry, Wales) 1
- Blackdown Hills (England) 1
- Bonn (Germany) 1
- Book Reviews 1
- Borrowing and Lending 1
- Boston (Massachusetts, United States) 1
- Cachalot 1
- Calcutta, West Bengal, India 1
- Canada -- Nova Scotia -- Cape Breton Island 1
- Canada -- Ontario -- Niagara 1
- Ceratodus 1
- Chalk 1
- Classical Civilisation 1
- Climate 1
- Climate change 1
- Clippings (Books, newspapers, etc.) 1
- Coal 1
- Cologne (Germany) 1
- Commonplace-books 1
- Correspondence 1
- Crassatella 1
- Craters, Volcanic 1
- Dance 1
- Darwinism 1
- Demerara 1
- Denmark -- Copenhagen 1
- Deposition and Sedimentation 1
- Devon, England 1
- Drumkilbo (Perthshire, Scotland) 1
- Dunbar, East Lothian, Scotland 1
- Earth 1
- Earth, Origin 1
- Earthquakes 1
- Eastern diamondback rattlesnakes 1
- Echinus -- Sea Urchin 1
- Elephant bones 1
- Elgin, Moray, Scotland 1
- England 1
- England -- Newcastle Upon Tyne 1
- England -- Norfolk -- Diss 1
- England -- Scarborough 1
- England -- Suffolk 1