Buckland, William, 1784-1856 (English theologian, geologist)
Person
Dates
- Existence: 12 March 1784 - 14 August 1856
Found in 5 Collections and/or Records:
Newspaper cutting from the Scotsman, Verus et Utilis, Rise in the Bed of the Firth of Forth, 3 November 1834
Item
Identifier: Coll-203/3/14
Scope and Contents
Printed article concerning the discovery and distribution of oyster shells near the banks of the river Forth, Edinburgh, 3 November 1834.
Dates:
3 November 1834
Notebook No.83, 30 July 1840-12 October 1840
Item — Box Lyell-temp-box 4: Series Coll-203/A1
Identifier: Coll-203/A1/83
Scope and Contents
This brown leather notebook contains notes on France, London, and Kinnordy, predominantly pencil in first part, containing field notes and multiple sketches of geological formations. Notes include significant list of Norwich Crag fossils sent to Dr Fleming, some drawings with use of colour evident; notes on glacial moraines observed in Angus with Dr. Buckland. Index on p. 113-116, both covers are blank. The following table of contents is...
Dates:
30 July 1840-12 October 1840
Notes and correspondence on the geology of Forfarshire, 1817-1841
Series — Box Lyell Temp Box 1.21 (Formerly Gen 118): Series Coll-203/2 (Lyell 2); Series Coll-203/3 (Lyell 3); Series Coll-203/4 (Lyell 4)
Identifier: Coll-203/3 (Lyell 3)
Scope and Contents
The notes and correspondence on the Geology of Forfarshire consist of:
- notes
- sketchbooks
- geological cross sections
- correspondence
Dates:
1817-1841
Papers of Sir Charles Lyell
Fonds
Identifier: Coll-203
Scope and Contents
- 10 boxes of correspondence
- 2 boxes of miscellaneous papers and lecture notes
- 24 boxes of offprints of papers
- 294 notebooks
Dates:
1820-1874
Travel Journal, 1819-1824
Item
Identifier: Coll-203/A2/2
Scope and Contents
Travel journal detailing tours with Professor Buckland, covering Kinnordy (1819), Paris (1823), and Cornwall with Prevost, (1824).The pages are unnumbered. In July, Lyell travels from Exeter to Lyme, Honiton to Axminster. Comments on beauty of area. On Saturday 3rd July he is at Lyme and 'called on Mary Anning' who discovered a large ichthyosaur 'a fortnight ago'. Prevost sketches it, and Anning states she think it will sell for £120. While there, Lyell witnessed 'entry of a newly discovered...
Dates:
1819-1824