Sharpe, Daniel, 1806-1856 (English geologist)
Person
Found in 2 Collections and/or Records:
Letters from Sharpe, Daniel to Charles Lyell, 5 November 1853 0 26 April 1855
File — Box Box 1.12: Series Coll-203/1 (Lyell 1)
Identifier: Coll-203/1/239
Scope and Contents
Summarised as: 1) Green sand of Blackdown Bed 2) Glaciers and the proportions of angular blocks (terminal moraine)
Dates:
5 November 1853 0 26 April 1855
Notebook No.150, February 1847 - March 1847
Item — Box Lyell-temp-box 6: Series Coll-203/A1
Identifier: Coll-203/A1/150
Scope and Contents
This black leather notebook was written whilst Lyell was in London, at 11 Harley Street and starts with memoranda, then a list of 'scientific visitors'. Written in London in the years between his travels in America, this notebook considers giraffe and bony fossil fish, but in particular focuses on the work of William, Ellery Channing (April 7, 1780 – October 2, 1842), Unitarian preacher, and on race, slavery and religion. Content warning:...
Dates:
February 1847 - March 1847