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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)

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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 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: 24 August 1859 - 14 October 1860

MS Notes VII, 25 September 1860 - 10 December 1861

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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

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Lyell, Sir Charles, 1797-1875 (1st Baronet | Scottish geologist) -- correspondence to 1