Forbes, James David, 1809-1868 (Scottish physicist and glaciologist)
Person
Found in 5 Collections and/or Records:
Collection of 19th-century autograph letters assembled by the Rev. John Walker
Fonds
Identifier: Coll-2103
Scope and Contents
This collection consists of c. 200 letters acquired by the Rev. John Walker (1855-1941), a Scottish-Australian autograph collector. The main fields of interest represented are geology, botany, theology, literature, academia, and politics. Names that feature particularly prominently include Walker's uncle John Stuart Blackie, Professor of Greek at the University of Edinburgh; William Garden Blaikie, Professor of Divinity at New College, Edinburgh; James Geikie, Professor of Geology at the...
Dates:
1792-1913
Letters from Forbes, James David to Charles Lyell, 31 August 1836 - December 1855
File — Box Box 1.4: Series Coll-203/1 (Lyell 1)
Identifier: Coll-203/1/80
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:
31 August 1836 - December 1855
Letters from Lyell, Charles to Forbes, James David, 16 November 1868
File — Box Box 1.14: Series Coll-203/1 (Lyell 1); Series Coll-203/1B
Identifier: Coll-203/1B/10
Scope and Contents
Copy letter, summarised as ''Central fluidity formation of igneous rocks - upheaval of strata'.
Dates:
16 November 1868
Notebook No.113, 31 August 1843 - 8 October 1843
Item — Box Lyell-temp-box 5: Series Coll-203/A1
Identifier: Coll-203/A1/113
Scope and Contents
This notebook contains Charles Lyell’s notes from his travels through Ireland (started in previous notebook, Number 112), and Scotland (continued in following notebook Number 114) including Ballantrae, Girvan and Kinnordy. It is dated August 31 to October 6, 1843. Notes are in pencil and ink and are primarily field notes with many sketches. The notebook index is located in the back of the notebook on pages 113-116. There is also an index for J.D. Forbes’ book “Travels Through the Alps of...
Dates:
31 August 1843 - 8 October 1843
Notebook No.147, 15 June 1846 - July 1846
Item — Box Lyell-temp-box 6: Series Coll-203/A1
Identifier: Coll-203/A1/147
Content warning:
This Notebook contains a record of Charles Lyell’s return to the UK after his second travel to America (Notebooks 121- 145), and so covers American and UK topics, whilst he is based on London, before travelling to Kinnordy - via Edinburgh, Granton and Craig Crook Castle. Note on pg. 70 indexed as 'Ld Cockburn, Hill's daguerrotype' indicates they visited Bonaly, where the Lyell were photographed. This notebook has a hard light brown cover with red on the spine and in triangles on the corners....
Dates:
15 June 1846 - July 1846
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- Ballantrae (Scotland) 1
- Belfast, Northern Ireland 1
- Bristol (England) 1
- Chalk 1
- Coal 1
- Coal Period Trees 1
- Correspondence 1
- Curlews 1
- Egypt 1
- Geology 1
- Geology, Stratigraphic Triassic 1
- Giant's Causeway Northern Ireland 1
- Girvan (Scotland) 1
- Glaciers 1
- Glens of Antrim County Antrim Northern Ireland 1
- Irish Studies 1
- Loch Ryan 1
- Lyell, Sir Charles, 1797-1875 (1st Baronet | Scottish geologist) -- correspondence to 1
- Minerals, Collection and Preservation 1
- Peat 1
- Peat Bogs (Habitats) 1
- Rathlin Island County Antrim Northern Ireland 1
- Religion and science 1
- Sandstone 1
- Slavery--United States 1
- United States -- Mississippi -- Philadelphia 1
- University of Edinburgh -- Class cards 1
- University of Edinburgh -- staff 1