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Nelson, Richard John , 1803-1877 (Major-general royal engineers and geologist)

 Person

Biography

https://en.wikisource.org/wiki/Dictionary_of_National_Biography,_1885-1900/Nelson,_Richard_John

Found in 1 Collection or Record:

Letters from Nelson, Captain Richard John to Charles Lyell, 14 September 1837 - 12 June 1872

 File — Box Box 1.10: Series Coll-203/1 (Lyell 1)
Identifier: Coll-203/1/198
Scope and Contents

From Lieutenant Nelson, summarised as 'on Nova Scotia & Gesners book etc. No teeth marks on bones gnawed by hyenas at Grahams Town'. And [now as] Major Nelson [39 years after their first acquaintance and 21 years since they met] at Penlee Stoke, Devonport, 'Enquiry as to term Pleistocene' which includes his drawings of species he has observed at sea, including shark, cuttlefish and mention of Sea Serpents.

Dates: 14 September 1837 - 12 June 1872