Leidy, Joseph, 1823-1891 (American paleontologist, parasitologist and anatomist)
Person
Dates
- Existence: 9 September 1823 - 30 April 1891
Found in 2 Collections and/or Records:
Letters from Green, Colonel James M. to Charles Lyell, 2nd February 1846 - 7th September 1866
File — Box Box 1.5: Series Coll-203/1 (Lyell 1)
Identifier: Coll-203/1/100
Scope and Contents
Summarised as 'Green on Macon Granite boulder' and 'on fish in Loess of Mississippi'. Contains letters received from Ruschenberger and notes on Leidy's analysis, which Green forwards to Lyell.
Dates:
2nd February 1846 - 7th September 1866
Notebook No.183, 30 April 1853 - 3 July 1853
Item — Box Lyell-temp-box 7: Series Coll-203/A1
Identifier: Coll-203/A1/183
Scope and Contents
Notebook 183 contains notes from 30 April to 3 July 1853. Many pages throughout the notebook are headed "Manual," referencing the fourth edition of Lyell's "A Manual of Elementary Geology." These notes were used in preparation for the fifth edition, which was published in 1855. In May 1853, Lyell embarks on his fourth trip to the United States, serving as Britain's representative at the Exhibition of the Industry of All Nations. He traveled via the steamship Canada, landing in Nova Scotia on...
Dates:
30 April 1853 - 3 July 1853