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Boog-Watson, Robert, fl1862 (clergyman and zoologist)

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Found in 2 Collections and/or Records:

Correspondence, late 19th-early 20th century

 Series
Identifier: Coll-99/4
Scope and Contents

Correspondence consists of:


  1. family letters
  2. photographs
  3. poems & songs
  4. postcards
  5. presscuttings
  6. professional correspondence
Dates: late 19th-early 20th century

Letter to Robert Boog-Watson from Sir Archibald Geikie, 22 October 1862

 Item
Identifier: Coll-74/11/4/1
Scope and Contents

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.

Dates: 22 October 1862

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Arran Buteshire Scotland 1
Ayrshire Scotland 1
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Geological Mapping 1
Isle of Bute Buteshire Scotland 1