Hopkins, William, 1793-1866 (English mathematician and geologist)
Person
Dates
- Existence: 2 February 1793 - 13 October 1866
Found in 4 Collections and/or Records:
Letters from Hopkins, William to Charles Lyell, 6 January 1840 - 5 May 1864
File — Box Box 1.7: Series Coll-203/1 (Lyell 1)
Identifier: Coll-203/1/136
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:
6 January 1840 - 5 May 1864
Letters from Lyell, Charles to Hopkins, William, 30 December 1839
File — Box Unknown: Series Coll-203/1B
Identifier: Coll-203/1B/15
Scope and Contents
Copy of part of a letter sent to Mr. Hopkins, summarised as 'On fluid matter in solid shell'. With illustration.
Dates:
30 December 1839
Notebook No.112, 11 August 1843-30 August 1843
Item — Box Lyell-temp-box 5: Series Coll-203/A1
Identifier: Coll-203/A1/112
Scope and Contents
This notebook contains Charles Lyell’s notes from his travels through Bristol (started in previous notebook, Number 111) and Ireland (continued in following notebook Number 113). It is dated 11-30 August 1843. Notes are in pencil and ink and are primarily field notes. The index is located in the back of the notebook on pages 113-116. Transcription note: The following table of contents is Lyell's own words, copied from Lyell's own "Index",...
Dates:
11 August 1843-30 August 1843
Notebook No.148, September 1846 - December 1846
Item — Box Lyell-temp-box 6: Series Coll-203/A1
Identifier: Coll-203/A1/148
Scope and Contents
This black notebook contains a record on Charles Lyell’s discussions, theories, and ideas in London - with detailed notes of a social nature, of a visit to Bowood - after his return from his second visit to the U.S (Notebooks 121-145). In this notebook, he covers events and locations from both the U.S and the U.K including Durham, Richmond Valley, Harley Street, Prince Edward Island, Mildenhall, New York, etc. Lyell’s comments on America are profuse, but they don’t appear to have made it...
Dates:
September 1846 - December 1846
Additional filters:
- Subject
- America 1
- Bath (England) 1
- Bowood House (England) 1
- Bristol (England) 1
- Coal 1
- Cork Ireland 1
- Drift 1
- Dublin (Ireland) 1
- Earth, Crust 1
- Elephant bones 1
- Faults (Geology) 1
- Fossils 1
- Geology 1
- Glaciers 1
- Icebergs 1
- Lyell, Sir Charles, 1797-1875 (1st Baronet | Scottish geologist) -- correspondence to 1
- Megaloceros 1
- Peat 1
- Severn River (Wales and England) 1
- Shells 1
- Slate 1
- Slavery--United States 1
- Volcanoes 1
- Wicklow (Ireland) 1 + ∧ less
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