Quekett, John Thomas , 11 August 1815 – 20 August 1861 (English microscopist and histologist)
Person
Found in 3 Collections and/or Records:
Letters from Quekett, John Thomas to Charles Lyell, 20 February 1851-15 June 1858
File — Box Box 1.11: Series Coll-203/1 (Lyell 1)
Identifier: Coll-203/1/218
Scope and Contents
Summarised as 'Nova Scotia batrachian boes - structure etc.', 'Stonesfield Bones - Birds and Pterodactyles', 'On Structure of shell? [sic] from S[outh] Joggins', 'Queckett [sic] on species of Barrandes Silurian fish', 'Connecticut Bones', 'Queckett [sic] on supposed Infusoria earth - Etna'. Two letters are undated, and not summarised
Dates:
20 February 1851-15 June 1858
Letters from Rhind, Alexander Henry to Charles Lyell, 5 June 1863
File — Box Box 1.11: Series Coll-203/1 (Lyell 1)
Identifier: Coll-203/1/226
Scope and Contents
Refers to Queckett's account of 'Bos' bones at a Pict House in Caithness.
Dates:
5 June 1863
Notebook No.197, April 1854 - August 1854
Item — Box Lyell-temp-box 7: Series Coll-203/A1
Identifier: Coll-203/A1/197
Scope and Contents
This black notebook covers the months between April and August 1854, recording Charles Lyell's final travel in Madeira and the Canary Islands, includes his voyage home and ends in London. Some of the key locations this notebook discusses are Santa Cruz, Tenerife, Madeira, Baranco de Santos, and Pico De Cruz. The beginning of this notebook includes sketches and notes on the geological formations of Madeira and Tenerife including dikes, alluvium, basalt, tuff, columnar lava and breccia. Whilst...
Dates:
April 1854 - August 1854