Young, John, 1835-1902 (Gillespie lecturer in geology and Keeper of the Hunterian Museum, University of Glasgow)

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Correspondence of Sir Archibald Geikie: Thomas Wright to John Young, 1869-1896

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Identifier: Coll-74/13/13

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The Correspondence of Sir Archibald Geikie: Thomas Wright to John Young sub-series includes letters from:

Thomas Wright
John Young

Dates: 1869-1896

Found in: University of Edinburgh Library Heritage Collections / Papers of Sir Archibald Geikie / Correspondence of Sir Archibald Geikie (international and T-W)

Letter to Sir Archibald Geikie from Robert Broom, 12 June 1921

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Identifier: Coll-74/11/8/71

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Letter to Sir Archibald Geikie from Robert Broom telling Geikie that he has named a fossil after a colleague John Young. The fossil, Youngina, is possibly the common ancestor of lizards, crocodiles, dinosaurs, pterodactyls and birds. He describes his work progress in South Africa including a drawing of a gorgonopsid reptile skeleton.

Dates: 12 June 1921

Found in: University of Edinburgh Library Heritage Collections / Papers of Sir Archibald Geikie / Correspondence of Sir Archibald Geikie (A-H) / Correspondence to Sir Archibald Geikie: A Bachellery to Thomas Forster Brown

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Young, John, 1835-1902 (Gillespie lecturer in geology and Keeper of the Hunterian Museum, University of Glasgow)

Found in 2 Collections and/or Records:

Correspondence of Sir Archibald Geikie: Thomas Wright to John Young, 1869-1896

Letter to Sir Archibald Geikie from Robert Broom, 12 June 1921

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