Huxley, Thomas Henry, 1825-1895 (English biologist and anthropologist)

Commonplace book of William H. Peyton

Item — Box CLX-A-389

Identifier: Coll-2058

Content Description

Commonplace book of William H. Peyton, indexed, c. 80,000 words. Copious notebook kept some of the time when the writer was visiting France and Switzerland, with references to Darwin and Huxley, and an autobiography at p. 181. Dated 1893-1898.

Also includes enclosures (mainly newspaper clippings), gathered in one folder.

Dates: 1893-1898

Found in: University of Edinburgh Library Heritage Collections

Letters from Elwin, Whitwell to Charles Lyell, 4 March 1863

File — Box Box 1.4: Series Coll-203/1 (Lyell 1)

Identifier: Coll-203/1/72

Scope and Contents

Summarised by Lyell as 'Brain in man and ape', and 'Owen's letter'.

Dates: 4 March 1863

Found in: University of Edinburgh Library Heritage Collections / Papers of Sir Charles Lyell / Correspondence to Charles Lyell, A-Z 1927 tranche

MS Notes VII, 25 September 1860 - 10 December 1861

Item

Identifier: Coll-203/A3/7

Scope and Contents This small green notebook contains copy letters to and from Charles Lyell in 1860 and 1861. Letters are written in pencil and ink. The second half of the notebook is blank. Correspondents include Charles Darwin, F. F. Jamieson of Ellon, Dr Hooker, . There are also notes on Darwin attributed to Asa Gray and notes on observations made with Professor Ramsay, and one or two illustrations. Archivist's Index p. 3-11, Copy of letter to...

Dates: 25 September 1860 - 10 December 1861

Found in: University of Edinburgh Library Heritage Collections / Papers of Sir Charles Lyell / Manuscript Notebooks

Notebook No.248, 30 March 1863 - 29 July 1863

Item — Box Lyell-temp-box 9: Series Coll-203/A1

Identifier: Coll-203/A1/248

Scope and Contents This dark green Notebook documents Lyell's work whilst in London, and on location in Suffolk and Kent, Lyell is considering the antiquity of man, flints, hatchets and heights and depths of sea levels. The two previous notebooks 246 and 247 - have no indexes. This notebook is the first one featuring Lyell's Secretary, Arabella Buckley. Born in 1840, Buckley started to work as secretary to Lyell at the age of 24, and remained with him until his death in 1875. The index starts in Lyell's own...

Dates: 30 March 1863 - 29 July 1863

Found in: University of Edinburgh Library Heritage Collections / Papers of Sir Charles Lyell / Scientific Notebooks

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

Found in: University of Edinburgh Library Heritage Collections / Papers of Sir Charles Lyell / Scientific Notebooks

Undated note from T.H. Huxley, undated letter from Sir William Osler, 2 letters with undecipherable signatures, n.d., 1900, 1902

File

Identifier: Coll-11/E14

Scope and Contents

Undated note from T.H. Huxley; undated letter from Sir William Osler; 2 letters with undecipherable signatures (1900, 1902).

Dates: n.d., 1900, 1902

Found in: University of Edinburgh Library Heritage Collections / Papers and correspondence of Daniel John Cunningham / Correspondence to Daniel J. Cunningham

University of Edinburgh Archive and Manuscript Collections

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