Reid, Sir William, 1791-1858 (Scottish military engineer, administrator and meteorologist)
Person
Found in 3 Collections and/or Records:
Letter from Reid, Sir William, to Charles Lyell, 11 September 1858
File — Box Box 3.3: Series Coll-203/B1
Identifier: Coll-203/B1/82
Scope and Contents
Letter written from 117 Gloucester Terrace, Hyde Park, London.
Dates:
11 September 1858
Letters from Reid, Sir William to Charles Lyell, 9 August 1854
File — Box Box 1.11: Series Coll-203/1 (Lyell 1)
Identifier: Coll-203/1/225
Scope and Contents
Lyell summarises the letter on the envelope as "Salt water from deep-sea in Mediterranean" [specifically of Malta, where Reid was writing from, as he was the Governor of Malta between 1851 and 1858]
Dates:
9 August 1854
Notebook No.159, 16 August 1849 - 20 September 1849
Item — Box Lyell-temp-box 6: Series Coll-203/A1
Identifier: Coll-203/A1/159
Scope and Contents
This notebook continues on from number 158, with Lyell at Kinnordy, Scotland, and continuing his study of the nearby geology, in discussion with Charles Bunbury and featuring sketches of sites and plants. On September 10th Lyell travels south, and is in Edinburgh at Mackay's Hotel, Princes Street with Dr. Fleming, then to Birmingham, Coventry and on to Warwick, Kenilworth Castle, Wolverhampton and into Shropshire and Staffordshire. Lyell's own...
Dates:
16 August 1849 - 20 September 1849