Horner, Leonard, 1785-1864 (Scottish merchant, geologist and educational reformer)
Person
Dates
- Existence: 17 January 1785 - 5 March 1864
Found in 34 Collections and/or Records:
"E. Divines, Metaphysicians, Philologists", 1805-1899
Item
Identifier: Coll-1997/1
Scope and Contents
This volume is entitled "E. Divines, Metaphysicians, Philologists" and contains 175 items: 118 autograph letters and documents 57 portraits, comprising 40 albumen print photographs, 16 engravings, and 1 lithograph.
Ainger, Alfred. ALS to Katharine Lyell. 9 February 1885. 2 pp. Ainger is best known for his memoirs of English authors. Declining a dinner invitation, saying that being in Hampstead Heath he...
Dates:
1805-1899
Gladstone, William Ewart, 1843; 1861; 1863; 1 March 1876
File
Identifier: Coll-1989/27
Scope and Contents
Three autograph letters signed from William Gladstone to Leonard Horner.1. Letter dated 17 May 1843, from 13 Carlton House Terrace: "I beg to return you my best thanks for your kindness in sending me a copy of your valuable pamphlet on the employment of children. I have perused it with great interest [...]".2. Letter dated 21 February 1861, on stationery with letterhead "11 Downing Street, Whitehall"): "I much regret to find myself unable to comply with your request....
Dates:
1843; 1861; 1863; 1 March 1876
Heriot-Watt University facade photographs, c1973
File
Identifier: PJM/PJMA/EUD/B/7.1.5
Scope and Contents
Large scale black and white photographic prints (maximum size 51cm x 60cm), which join together to show the full facade of the former Heriot-Watt University building in Chambers Street in Edinburgh. The adjacent Bank of Scotland, former dental hospital and Minto Street are also included. The statue of James Watt, later removed to the new Heriot-Watt University campus can be seen in situ as can busts of the founders of Heriot-Watt University: George Heriot and Leonard Horner. Some of the...
Dates:
c1973
Found in:
University of Edinburgh Library Heritage Collections
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The Percy Johnson-Marshall Collection
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Percy Johnson-Marshall Associates
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University of Edinburgh Comprehensive Development Area
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University of Edinburgh Comprehensive Development Area
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Plans of Chambers Street development, Edinburgh
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Plans: National Library of Scotland feasibility studies
Howard, George, 30 June 1840, 10 January 1851
File
Identifier: Coll-1989/32
Scope and Contents
1. Autograph letter signed ("Morpeth") from William George Howard, 8th Earl of Carlisle to Leonard Horner, dated 30 June 1840, Castle Howard [North Yorkshire]: "I am afraid my answer cannot be quite as definite as you might wish. My Father does not seem to remember very well whether he wrote the inscription entirely, but he says he certainly was concerned in the composition, which may have been arranged with other co-adjutors at Holland House [...]".2. Autograph letter signed...
Dates:
30 June 1840, 10 January 1851
Letter from Haidinger, W., to Charles Lyell, 30 August 1864
File — Box Box 3.2: Series Coll-203/B1
Identifier: Coll-203/B1/50
Scope and Contents
This letter has no summary. Haidinger writes to Lyell from Dornbach, Vienna. First, he thanks Lyell for the invitation he received for the meeting of the British Association for the Advancement of Science in Bath, which was in September 1864, where Lyell delivered the presidential address. He also congratulates Lyell on being given the title of Baronet by the British crown, which he received earlier this same year. Haidinger mentions his own work at the Imperial Geological Institute....
Dates:
30 August 1864
Letter from Leonard Horner to [Samuel Birch], 18 August 1861
Item — Box CLX-A-1593
Identifier: Coll-1848/21-0038
Scope and Contents
This is an autograph letter signed from Leonard Horner to [Samuel Birch], dated 18 August 1861, Bury St Edmonds. The letter relates to the hypothesis that burnt bricks were known in Egypt before the time of the Romans, which Birch, Lyell and Horner defended against Archdeacon John Pratt.
Dates:
18 August 1861
Letter to Leonard Horner from Sir Charles Lyell, 10 December 1857
Item
Identifier: Coll-203/4/3
Scope and Contents
Letter to Leonard Horner from Sir Charles Lyell discusing the internal structure of lava flows. Lyell also remarks on the probable nature of the additions to the core of Mount Vesuvius that had occurred that year, with illustrations, 10 December 1857.
Dates:
10 December 1857
Letters from Hartmann, Carl Friedrich Alexander to Charles Lyell, 10 August 1832 - 10 August 1839
File — Box Box 1.6: Series Coll-203/1 (Lyell 1)
Identifier: Coll-203/1/121
Scope and Contents
Hartmann was the German translator of Principles of Geology. Correspondence includes sketches and drawings and relates to the translation of Principles; the death of Friedrich Hoffmann; and the translation of Elements.
Dates:
10 August 1832 - 10 August 1839
Letters from Leonard Horner, 1824
Item
Identifier: MS CHA4/34/12
Letters from Logan, Sir William Edmond to Charles Lyell, 10 January 1853
File — Box Box 1.9: Series Coll-203/1 (Lyell 1)
Identifier: Coll-203/1/168
Scope and Contents
Summarised as 'Logan on his section of S[outh]. Joggins where printed [recieved by Lyell] 6 Feb[ruary]1853'. This letter is about selected papers that Logan suggests; people who he has sent those papers to; as well as fossil specimens he has sent to De La Beche and others.
Dates:
10 January 1853