Staring, Winand Carel Hugo, 5 October 1808 – 4 June 1877 (Founder of geology in the Netherlands, soil scientist, pioneer in agronomy and forestry, advocate of educational improvement)
Person
Found in 2 Collections and/or Records:
Letters from Staring, Winand Carel Hugo to Charles Lyell, 24 August 1859 - 14 October 1860
File — Box Box 1.12: Series Coll-203/1 (Lyell 1)
Identifier: Coll-203/1/254
Scope and Contents
Lyell summarises the letters as:
1) Staring on Harlan Lake, Aug 1859
2) Staring, Maastricht (Caberg) human remains Bolderian Lignite same as Lower Rhenish. Diesel sands & Crag Noir same age.
Dates:
24 August 1859 - 14 October 1860
MS Notes VII, 25 September 1860 - 10 December 1861
Item
Identifier: Coll-203/A3/7
Scope and Contents
This small green notebook contains copy letters to and from Charles Lyell in 1860 and 1861. Letters are written in pencil and ink. The second half of the notebook is blank. Correspondents include Charles Darwin, F. F. Jamieson of Ellon, Dr Hooker, . There are also notes on Darwin attributed to Asa Gray and notes on observations made with Professor Ramsay, and one or two illustrations. Archivist's Index p. 3-11, Copy of letter to...
Dates:
25 September 1860 - 10 December 1861