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Archibald Geikie, correpondence

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Identifier: Coll-1815/2
Scope and Contents Letters to Sir Archibald Geike from: Hicks, Henry (25 Oct. 1887); Hooker, Joseph Dalton (Sir) (May 1890); Horne, John (5 Jun. 1898); Huxley, Thomas Henry (17 May 1862); Kidston, Robert (3 Aug. 1883); Lapworth, Charles (Sir) (16 Nov. 1898); Lyell, Charles (Sir) (31 Mar. 1860); Marcou, Jules (5 Jan. 1871); Marcon, Jules (30 Apr. 1878); Milne, John (15 Aug. 1895); Peach, Benjamin Neve (19 Oct. 1898); Prestwich, Joseph (Sir) (15 May 1892?); Scrope, G. Poulett (1866?); Sorby, Henry...
Dates: Majority of material found within 1840s-1940s
Found in: University of Edinburgh Library Heritage Collections

MS Notes I - Scientific Journal No. I, 20 November 1855 - 29 April 1856

 Item
Identifier: Coll-203/A3/1
Scope and Contents

Scientific journal of Sir Charles Lyell, covers subjects such as creation of species - and thoughts on the evolution of man. Lyell refers to others such as Darwin, Hooker, Wollaston and topics such as the glacial epoch, rudimentary organs, volcanoes, Madeira, molluscs, fossil faunas, Australian fauna, Niagara, coal and New Zealand. Lyell provides his own index. Some writing is by Mary Lyell.

Dates: 20 November 1855 - 29 April 1856
Found in: University of Edinburgh Library Heritage Collections

MS Notes III - Scientific Journal III, 25 July 1856 - 1 January 1859

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Identifier: Coll-203/A3/3
Dates: 25 July 1856 - 1 January 1859
Found in: University of Edinburgh Library Heritage Collections

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  • Names: Hooker, Sir Joseph Dalton, 1817-1911 (British botanist, explorer | Director of the Royal Gardens, Kew) X

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Darwin, Charles Robert, 1809-1882 (Naturalist) 1
Forbes, Edward, 1815-1854 (Manx naturalist | Professor of Natural History, University of Edinburgh 1854) 1
Geikie, Archibald, Sir, 28 December 1835 – 10 November 1924 (Professor of Geology, University of Edinburgh) 1
Hicks, Henry, 1837-1899 (Welsh geologist and surgeon) 1
Horne, John, 1848-1928 (geologist) 1
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Huxley, Thomas Henry, 1825-1895 (man of science) 1
Kidston, Robert, 1852-1924 (honorary palaeobotanist to the British Geological Survey) 1
Lapworth, Charles, 1842-1920 (geologist) 1
Lonsdale, William L, 1794-1871 (English geologist and palaeontologist) 1
Lyell, Lady Mary, 1808-1873 (nee Horner) 1
Marcou, Jules, 1824 – 1898 (French-Swiss-American geologist) 1
Milne, John, 1850-1913 (mining engineer and seismologist) 1
Peach, Benjamin Neeve, 1842-1926 (geologist) 1
Prestwich, Sir Joseph, 1812-1896 (British geologist and businessman, Fellow of the Royal Society) 1
Ramsay, Sir Andrew Crombie, 1814-1891 (Scottish geologist) 1
Scrope, George Julius Poulett, 1797-1876 (geologist and political economist) 1
Sorby, Henry Clifton, 1826-1908 (geologist) 1
Teall, Jethro Justinian, 1849-1924 (geologist) 1
Thomson, Sir William, 1824-1907 (1st Baron Kelvin | mathematical physicist and Professor of Natural Philosophy, University of Glasgow 1846-1899) 1
Traquair, Ramsay Heatley, 1840-1912 (geologist and palaeontologist) 1
Wallace, Alfred Russel, 1823-1913 (naturalist) 1
Wollaston, Thomas Vernon, 1822-1878 (English entomologist and malacologist) 1
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