Evans, Sir John, 1823-1908 (archaeologist and numismatist)
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Found in 2 Collections and/or Records:
Letters from Brown, Reverend Thomas to Charles Lyell, no date
File — Box Box 1.1: Series Coll-203/1 (Lyell 1)
Identifier: Coll-203/1/37
Scope and Contents
Summarised by Lyell as:
1) List by Reverend Thomas Brown "List of Shells found at Elie at Fifeshire" descriptions of the shells found at Elie along with their latin names.
2) Cut out newspaper article describing a Royal Society meeting in which Rev. Brown talks about his findings in Fife, focusing on the clay deposits and the shells found at Eile and the implications of these findings from a geologist perspective. Also mentions the Principle of the Royal Society and...
Dates:
no date
Letters from Evans John, to Charles Lyell, 17 May 1862 - 18 October 1872
File — Box Box 1.4: Series Coll-203/1 (Lyell 1)
Identifier: Coll-203/1/75
Scope and Contents
From the Series:
This series of correspondence is arranged alphabetically, A-Z, including one ‘Miscellaneous’ section within the 'M' series. Each correspondent has been assigned a file number – there may be several folders within that file, evidencing the longevity and depth of the relationship between Lyell and the correspondent - for example his brother in law Charles Bunbury.Lyell himself, Mary or Arabella Buckley have mostly recorded a summary of the contents of the correspondence, either on the...
Dates:
17 May 1862 - 18 October 1872
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