Boog-Watson, Robert, fl1862 (clergyman and zoologist)
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Correspondence, late 19th-early 20th century
Correspondence consists of:
- family letters
- photographs
- poems & songs
- postcards
- presscuttings
- professional correspondence
Correspondence with Robert Boog-Watson, 1862-1863
Letter to Robert Boog-Watson from Sir Archibald Geikie, 22 October 1862
Letter to Robert Boog-Watson from Sir Archibald Geikie. Geikie discusses Boog-Watson's geological mapping of the south end of Arran and compares it with his own mapping of the Isle of Bute, the Cumbrae Islands, Renfrewshire and Ayrshire. He discusses Scotland's old red sandstone unconformity. He extends an invitation to join him in mapping Tinto Hill as soon as his expected working visit from Lennox is over.
Letter to Robert Boog-Watson from Sir Archibald Geikie, 20 November 1862
Letter to Robert Boog-Watson from Sir Archibald Geikie thanking him for his gift of figs and telling him that his diet is currently restricted due to ill health. He reports on a difficult visit from Sir Andrew Crombie Ramsay. He discusses the geological unconformity of the south end of the Isle of Bute and includes a sketch cross-section.
Letter to Robert Boog-Watson from Sir Archibald Geikie, 10 December 1863
Letter to Robert Boog-Watson from Sir Archibald Geikie while on field study in Ayrshire. Geikie suggests that he writes a paper on the Arran deposit at Lamlash. He discusses his geological research in Ayrshire in detail and in particular glacial deposits. He reports a technical difficulty with his possible professorship. He mentions Sir Andrew Crombie Ramsay's possible future movements and his current health.
Reprint, 1863
Copy of: Geikie, Archibald, On the Phenomena of the Glacial Drift in Scotland, ( Glasgow, John Gray, 1863) inscribed by the author.
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- Arran Buteshire Scotland 3
- Ayrshire Scotland 3
- Drift 2
- Isle of Bute Buteshire Scotland 2
- Social Interaction 2
- Unconformities (Geology) 2
- College Teachers, Tenure 1
- Diseases 1
- Family 1
- Geological Cross Sections 1
- Geological Mapping 1
- Geology 1
- Glacial Landforms 1
- Old Red Sandstone 1
- Poetry 1
- Professional Interaction 1
- Scotland 1 + ∧ less