Fleming, John, 1785-1857 (Free Church of Scotland minister, naturalist, zoologist, geologist)
Person
Dates
- Existence: 10 January 1785 - 18 November 1857
Found in 11 Collections and/or Records:
Correspondence and Papers concerning Sea Serpents, 1820-1848
Series — Box Lyell Box 1.17 (Formerly Gen 116): Series Coll-203/1 (Lyell 1); Series Coll-203/4 (Lyell 4); Series Coll-203/5 (Lyell 5); Series Coll-203/6 (Lyell 6)
Identifier: Coll-203/5 (Lyell 5)
Scope and Contents
Letters and Papers Concerning Sea Serpents consists of:
- Notes and clippings regarding sightings of sea serpents, 1820-1848
- Letters from Sir John William Dawson, John Fleming, William McGillivray, Alexander Gordon Melville, Patrick Neill, Colonel Parkins and George Robert Waterhouse regarding sea serpents, 1845-1848
Dates:
1820-1848
Extracts from Geological Works, 1823
Item
Identifier: Coll-203/A2/3
Scope and Contents
This notebook appears to be notes taken by Lyell, gathered from observation and reading relating to geology of the north east of Scotland. Undated, the reading material referred to dates this notebook post c.1814-1823, and the notes may be preparation for his article on 'Recent Formations in Forfarshire].Contains referenced "extracts from various Geological Works" as well as from letters. Later on in the notebook, Lyell's own observations and reading is headed at the top of the page. There...
Dates:
1823
Fleming, John, c 1843-1847
Piece
Identifier: Coll-1073/3/18
Scope and Contents
Portrait of John Fleming. Caption: "Professor John Fleming D.D. 1785-1857 (Edinburgh".
Dates:
c 1843-1847
Letter from John Fleming, 1815
Item
Identifier: MS CHA4/4/14
Newspaper cutting from the Scotsman, Verus et Utilis, The British Scientific Association, 8 October 1834
Item
Identifier: Coll-203/3/13
Scope and Contents
Printed article regarding the proceedings of a meeting of the British Scientific Association mentioning a visit by Sir Charles Lyell to Sweden, the publication of a geological map of Scotland, freshwater limestone and Kirkton Quarry, 8 October 1834.
Dates:
8 October 1834
Notebook No.77, 24 June 1839 - 11 August 1839
Item — Box Lyell-temp-box 3: Series Coll-203/A1
Identifier: Coll-203/A1/77
Scope and Contents
This dark maroon coloured leather notebook includes Charles Lyell's notes and geological observations and sketches in pencil. There are some specimen lists and queries, notes on fossil shells of Tertiary period. There are many blank pages. Index is located in the front and back inside covers. The following table of contents is Lyell's own words, copied from Lyell's own "Index", found at the beginning and end of the notebook, transcribed...
Dates:
24 June 1839 - 11 August 1839
Notebook No.78, 12 August 1839 - 17 October 1839
Item — Box Lyell-temp-box 3: Series Coll-203/A1
Identifier: Coll-203/A1/78
Scope and Contents
This dark maroon coloured leather notebook contains Charles Lyell's specimen lists, to do lists, notes from colleagues publications, sketches, many blank pages. Miscellaneous notes; pp.21-22 - References to Darwin's 'Glen Roy' paper. Front and back cover are blank, index is p. 115-6. The following table of contents is Lyell's own words, copied from Lyell's own "Index", found at the beginning and end of the notebook, transcribed from...
Dates:
12 August 1839 - 17 October 1839
Notebook No.85, 21 October 1840 - 8 December 1840
Item — Box Lyell-temp-box 4: Series Coll-203/A1
Identifier: Coll-203/A1/85
Scope and Contents
This marbled paper and red leather notebook includes Charles Lyell's geological notes on Kinnordy and surrounding area, as well as other areas of Scotland, illustrated with a watercolor cross section on page 61. There are also 'to do' lists, notes on correspondence sent, meeting agendas and lists of persons to whom papers were sent, and notes on conversations with Agassiz. He makes more observations on glacial moraines, and lists of Faluns fossils. Notes are in pencil and ink and complete...
Dates:
21 October 1840 - 8 December 1840
Notebook No.105, 27 September 1842 - 10 December 1842
Item — Box Lyell-temp-box 4: Series Coll-203/A1
Identifier: Coll-203/A1/105
Scope and Contents
This green leather notebook contains diverse notes on geology of Perthshire, London, and Martha's Vineyard, Massachusetts, and proceedings likely of the Geological Society of London. Starts with the inclusion of a poem by Thomas Moore. The index also appears to feature the first mention to Hamilton Couper by Lyell, who notes his paper. The index is written on the final three pages of the notebook, the front and back covers are blank. ...
Dates:
27 September 1842 - 10 December 1842
Papers of the Rev. John Fleming, Professor of Natural Philosophy (1785-1857)
Fonds
Identifier: GD23
Scope and Contents
The collection is composed of: letter from Mrs Melville Fleming, widow, to William Carruthers, Keeper of the Dept. of Botany, British Museum, 1865, within a copy of The lithology of Edinburgh; box of scientific papers mainly delivered at meetings of learned societies, 1808-1857; letters of S. W. Carruthers to Adam Mitchell Hunter, 1930 and 1931, contained within Memoir of Rev. John Fleming, D.D., F.R.S.E.; also loosely inserted within...
Dates:
1808-1931
Found in:
New College Library Special Collections