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Cuming, Richard, 1777–1870 (English fossil collector)

 Person

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Charles Lyell Project, May 2021

Found in 1 Collection or Record:

Notebook No.61, September 1835- January 1836

 Item — Box Lyell-temp-box 3: Series Coll-203/A1
Identifier: Coll-203/A1/61
Scope and Contents This black leather notebook contains notes from Lyell's trip to Denmark, and from meeting with Dr. Heinrich Beck. There are also notes on scholarship and news from other notable natural history correspondents. Notes are in a mixture of pencil and ink, there are some sketches, and multiple blank pages. The index is pasted to the back page, and the front cover is blank. The following table of contents is Lyell's own words, copied from...
Dates: September 1835- January 1836