Jeffreys, John Gwyn, 1809-1885 (British conchologist and malacologist)
Person
Found in 4 Collections and/or Records:
Correspondence: from Duncan M Irvine to Alfred John Jukes-Browne, 1865-1899
Sub-Series
Identifier: Coll-74/12/7
Scope and Contents
The Correspondence: from Duncan M Irvine to Alfred John Jukes-Browne sub-series consists of:
- 44 letters, alphabetically arranged (1865-1899)
Dates:
1865-1899
Letters from Duncan, Peter Martin to Charles Lyell, 3 February 1866 - 19 January 1870
File — Box Box 1.4: Series Coll-203/1 (Lyell 1)
Identifier: Coll-203/1/67
Scope and Contents
Letters are summarised by Lyell as:
1) Dr Duncan on Bolderberg Flabellum [relating to Bolderberg formation in Northern Belgium]
2) Tropical corals, how far corals can indicate climate
3) Corals in Norway sea
4) 60 new Liassic [Early Jurassic] corals, showing imperfection of record
5) Lonsdale notes and Keeling island [Cocos, Australia] specimens
6) Scleractinia of antigua corals and explanation of Duncan's theory
7) reference to his paper on corals
8) Corals dredged up by the 'Porcupine'...
Dates:
3 February 1866 - 19 January 1870
Letters from Jeffreys, John Gwyn to Charles Lyell, 17 June 1860 - 22 February 1870
File — Box Box 1.7: Series Coll-203/1 (Lyell 1)
Identifier: Coll-203/1/146
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:
17 June 1860 - 22 February 1870
Notebook No.249, 30 July 1863- April 1864
Item — Box Lyell-temp-box 9: Series Coll-203/A1
Identifier: Coll-203/A1/249
Scope and Contents
Red leather bound notebook, dated July 30 1863 to April 1864 covering Lyell's research in Wales, including mountains - Moel Tryfan, Snowdon - quarries caves and beaches. Lists significant corrections necessary for 'Antiquity of Man'. Lyell's own index Index
July 30 1863 to April 1864
p. 1 Llanberis. Lakes of
- [Llanberis] Perched block
- Tarn near in [perched block]
p. 3 Absence of shells...
Dates:
30 July 1863- April 1864
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- Lyell, Sir Charles, 1797-1875 (1st Baronet | Scottish geologist) -- correspondence to 2
- Appointment to Office 1
- Aurignacian culture 1
- Bangor (Wales) 1
- Bones 1
- Canada 1
- Canoes (Ancient) 1
- Cartography 1
- Caves 1
- China 1
- Drift 1
- Elephant bones 1
- Fossil shells 1
- Geological Mapping 1
- Geological Surveys 1
- Geological Time 1
- Geology, Research 1
- Glacial Epoch 1
- Gold 1
- Harlech, Gwynedd, Wales 1
- Hippopotamus (Genus), Fossil 1
- Lake-Dwellers and Lake-Dwellings (Scotland) 1
- Llandudno (Wales) 1
- Mastodon 1
- Menai Straits Bridge (Wales) 1
- Moel Tryfan 1
- New Zealand 1
- Paris (France) 1
- Professional Interaction 1
- Puy-de-Dôme (France : Department) 1
- Queensland (Australia) 1
- Rock Types 1
- Scholarly Publishing 1
- Scotland 1
- Severn River (Wales and England) 1
- Shale 1
- Snowdon (Wales) 1
- Social Interaction 1
- Wales -- Gwynedd -- Caernarfon 1 + ∧ less
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