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Logan, Sir William Edmond, 1798-1875 (Canadian geologist | Director of Geological Survey of Canada 1842-1869)

 Person

Dates

  • Existence: 20 April 1798 - 22 June 1875

Created for

Charles Lyell Project, July 2021

Found in 4 Collections and/or Records:

Correspondence of Sir Archibald Geikie: Canadian geologists, 1872-1900

 Sub-Series
Identifier: Coll-74/13/4
Scope and Contents

The Correspondence of Sir Archibald Geikie: Canadian geologists sub-series consists of:


  1. 50 letters, alphabetically arranged (1872-1900)
Dates: 1872-1900

Letter to Sir Andrew Crombie Ramsay from Sir John William Dawson, 5 March 1875

 Item
Identifier: Coll-74/11/1/12
Scope and Contents

Letter to Sir Andrew Crombie Ramsay from Sir John William Dawson asking him to propose his son George Mercer Dawson for membership of the Geological Society. He gives a brief summary of his son's geological career to date. He mentions that he is publishing a book and a paper on Eozon. He laments the death of Sir Charles Lyell and Sir William Logan's current illness.

Dates: 5 March 1875

Letters from Logan, Sir William Edmond to Charles Lyell, 10 January 1853

 File — Box Box 1.9: Series Coll-203/1 (Lyell 1)
Identifier: Coll-203/1/168
Scope and Contents From the Series: This series of correspondence is arranged alphabetically, A-Z, including one ‘Miscellaneous’ section within the 'M' series. Each correspondent has been assigned a file number – there may be several folders within that file, evidencing the longevity and depth of the relationship between Lyell and the correspondent - for example his brother in law Charles Bunbury.Lyell himself, Mary or Arabella Buckley have mostly recorded a summary of the contents of the correspondence, either on the...
Dates: 10 January 1853

Notebook No.90, 13 August 1841-23 August 1841

 Item — Box Lyell-temp-box 4: Series Coll-203/A1
Identifier: Coll-203/A1/90
Scope and Contents This tan leather notebook contains Charles Lyell's notes from his North American tour of New York, including New York City, Albany, Syracuse, Rochester. Notes are predominantly pencil, some ink, a mixture of field notes and travel notes. The index is located at the back of the notebook, both covers are unmarked. The following table of contents is Lyell's own words, copied from Lyell's own "Index", found at the beginning and end of the...
Dates: 13 August 1841-23 August 1841