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Horner, Leonard, 1785-1864 (Scottish merchant, geologist and educational reformer)

 Person

Staff Only

Dates

  • Existence: 17 January 1785 - 5 March 1864

Found in 3 Collections and/or Records:

Annotated Published Works by Sir Charles Lyell, 1830-1874

 Series — Multiple Containers
Identifier: Coll-203/B19
Scope and Contents Charles Lyell's Principles of Geology, planned since 1827 when he was aged 30 and published in 1830, was the culmination of his interests, education and travel. He would go on to dedicate his life to writing science and travel books. Lyell lived, worked and published in an age distinguished by growing public interest in the sciences and by publishers keen to meet that interest. This was a period marked by the appearance of new scientific journals and literary periodicals, and by scientific...
Dates: 1830-1874
Found in: University of Edinburgh Library Heritage Collections / Papers of Sir Charles Lyell

Correpondence relating to Sir Roderick Impey Murchison's dispute with Adam Sedgwick about Silurian classification, c1852

 Series
Identifier: Coll-74/10/3
Scope and Contents

The correpondence relating to Sir Roderick Impey Murchison's dispute with Adam Sedgwick about Silurian classification consists of:


  1. correspondence
  2. notes and related papers
Dates: c1852
Found in: University of Edinburgh Library Heritage Collections / Papers of Sir Archibald Geikie / Correspondence of Sir Roderick Impey Murchison

Correspondence from Leonard Horner and family, 1860-1865

 Sub-Series
Identifier: Coll-74/12/4
Scope and Contents

The Correspondence from Leonard Horner and family sub-series consists of:


  1. 22 letters, chronologically arranged (1860-1866)
Dates: 1860-1865
Found in: University of Edinburgh Library Heritage Collections / Papers of Sir Archibald Geikie / Correspondence of Sir Archibald Geikie (H-S)