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5 Lectures on geology, c1879

 Item
Identifier: Coll-74/6/18
Scope and Contents

Notes and text for five lectures on geology. Sir Archibald Geikie placed civilisation, religion and mythology in the context of geological development, looking at geolgical formations and the processes and materials involved in their creation.

Dates: c1879
Found in: University of Edinburgh Library Heritage Collections

Booklet: 'Geographical Evolution', 1879

 Item
Identifier: Coll-74/6/3
Scope and Contents

Printed booklet by Sir Archibald Geikie, entitled 'Geographical Evolution' and containing the text of a lecture given to the Royal Geographical Society on 24 March 1879 and taken from 'Proceedings of the Royal Society and Monthly Record of Geography', July 1879.

Dates: 1879
Found in: University of Edinburgh Library Heritage Collections

Correspondence from Albert Jean Gaudry, 1897-1908

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Identifier: Coll-74/11/18
Scope and Contents

The Correspondence from Albert Jean Gaudry sub-series consists of:


  1. 12 letters, chronologically arranged (1897-1908)
Dates: 1897-1908
Found in: University of Edinburgh Library Heritage Collections

Correspondence from Alfred Elis Törnebohm, 1883-1902

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Identifier: Coll-74/14/8
Scope and Contents

The Correspondence from Alfred Elis Törnebohm sub-series consists of:


  1. letters (with enclosed diagrams, maps and a photograph), chronologically arranged (1883-1902)
Dates: 1883-1902
Found in: University of Edinburgh Library Heritage Collections

Correspondence from Captain Clarence Edward Dutton, 05 March 1880 - 06 June 1891

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Identifier: Coll-74/11/5
Scope and Contents

The Correspondence from Captain Clarence Edward Dutton sub-series consists of:


  1. 18 letters to Sir Archibald Geikie from Captain Clarence Edward Dutton of the United States Geological Survey (USGS) concerning geological observations in the United States and the organisation of the USGS (1880-1891)
Dates: 05 March 1880 - 06 June 1891
Found in: University of Edinburgh Library Heritage Collections

Correspondence: from Duncan M Irvine to Alfred John Jukes-Browne, 1865-1899

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Identifier: Coll-74/12/7
Scope and Contents

The Correspondence: from Duncan M Irvine to Alfred John Jukes-Browne sub-series consists of:


  1. 44 letters, alphabetically arranged (1865-1899)
Dates: 1865-1899
Found in: University of Edinburgh Library Heritage Collections

Correspondence from Emmanuel De Margarie, 1883-1907

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Identifier: Coll-74/12/15
Scope and Contents

The Correspondence from Emmanuel De Margarie sub-series consists of:


  1. 18 letters, chronologically arranged (1883-1907)
Dates: 1883-1907
Found in: University of Edinburgh Library Heritage Collections

Correspondence from James Dwight Dana, 1873-1899

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Identifier: Coll-74/11/11
Scope and Contents

The Correspondence from James Dwight Dana sub-series consists of:


  1. 29 letters in chronological order (1873-1892)
  2. 2 letters (1879 and 1888)
  3. 1 letter from unknown individual after the death of Dana (1899)
Dates: 1873-1899
Found in: University of Edinburgh Library Heritage Collections

Correspondence from John Stuart Blackie, 1880-1882

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Identifier: Coll-74/11/9
Scope and Contents

The Correspondence from the John Stuart Blackie sub-series consists of:


  1. 11 letters written from1880-1882
  2. 8 press clippings from the Scotsman, most dated 1873, written by John Stuart Blackie
Dates: 1880-1882
Found in: University of Edinburgh Library Heritage Collections

Correspondence from Karl August Lossen, 1882-1889

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Identifier: Coll-74/12/13
Scope and Contents

The Correspondence from sub-series consists of:


  1. 5 letters, chronologically arranged (1882-1889)
Dates: 1882-1889
Found in: University of Edinburgh Library Heritage Collections

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  • Names: Geikie, Archibald, Sir, 28 December 1835 – 10 November 1924 (Professor of Geology, University of Edinburgh) X
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Geological Survey of Great Britain (1835-:) 12
Dutton, Capt Clarence Edward, 1841?1912 (American geologist, United States Geological Survey) 9
Murchison, Sir Roderick Impey, 1792-1871 (1st Baronet | Scottish geologist) 8
Royal Society (c1645-:) (scientific society) 6
United States Geological Survey 6
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Gilbert, Grove Karl, 1843-1918 (American geologist) 5
Brodie, P B, 1815-1897 (palaeontologist) 4
Geological Society of London (1807-:) 4
Royal Institution of Great Britain (1799-:) 4
Allport, Samuel, fl1870-1882 (geologist and librarian) 3
Binney, Edward William, 1812­-1881 (geologist and founder Manchester Geological Society) 3
Boog-Watson, Robert, fl1862 (clergyman and zoologist) 3
Forbes, Edward, 1815-1854 (Manx naturalist | Professor of Natural History, University of Edinburgh 1854) 3
King, Clarence, 1842-1901 (American geologist) 3
Salter, John William, 1820-1869 (palaeontologist, Geological Survey of Great Britain) 3
Scotsman (1817-:) 3
Sedgwick, Adam, 1785-1873 (geologist and professor of geology, University of Cambridge) 3
Balfour, John Hutton, 1808-1884 (professor of botany, University of Glasgow and University of Edinburgh) 2
Baron, Richard, 1847-1907 (clergyman, botanist and missionary, London Missionary Society) 2
Barrow, George, 1853-1932 (geologist) 2
Bell, Robert, 1841-1917 (Director of the Geological Survey of Canada) 2
Bemrose, H Arnold, fl1897-1904 (naturalist) 2
Bigsby, John Jeremiah, 1792-1881 (English physician, geologist, writer and Mayor of Newark upon Trent) 2
Geological Survey of Canada (1842-:) 2
Geological Survey of Ireland 2
Hicks, Henry, 1837-1899 (Welsh geologist and surgeon) 2
Holmes, William Henry, 1846-1933 (American geologist, anthropologist, and museum director) 2
Jukes, 1811-1869 (director of the Geological Survey of Ireland) 2
Lyell, Katharine Murray, 1817-1915 (nee Horner) 2
Lyell, Sir Charles, 1797-1875 (1st Baronet | Scottish geologist) 2
MacMillan Publishers Ltd (1843-:) 2
Powell, John W, 1834-1902 (American geologist) 2
Ramsay, Sir Andrew Crombie, 1814-1891 (Scottish geologist) 2
Richthofen, Baron Ferdinand, 1833-1905 (German geographer and geologist) 2
Royal Geographical Society (1830-:) 2
Scott, Robert Henry, Robert Henry 1833-1916 (meteorologist) 2
Selwyn, Alfred Richard Cecil, 1824-1902 (geologist and director of the geological survey of Canada) 2
Thoroddsen, Thorvaldur, 1855-1921 (Icelandic naturalist) 2
University College London (1826-:) 2
Yorkshire College of Science (1874-c1887) 2
Adam and Charles Black (1815-:) (Publishers) 1
Agassiz, Alexander, 1835-1910 (American naturalist and industrialist) 1
Allman, George James, 1812-1898 (botanist and zoologist) 1
American Institute of Mining Engineers (1871-:) 1
American Journal of Science and Arts (1818-:) 1
Ames, Mary L, fl1904 (daughter of J Peter Lesley and cousin of Benjamin Smith Lyman) 1
Ami, Henry Marc, 1858-1931 (Canadian scientist) 1
Anderson, Joseph, fl1877-1903 (antiquarian) 1
Anderson, Tempest, 1846-1913 (opthalmic surgeon, photographer and volcanologist) 1
Anderson, W, fl1890-1893 (geologist) 1
Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe Railroad (1859-1995) 1
Australasian Association for the Advancement of Science (1888-1930) 1
Aveline, William Talbot, 1822-1903 (geologist) 1
Ball, Valentine, fl1894 (Director of the Science and Art Museum, Dublin (Ireland)) 1
Bartholomew, John George, 1860-1920 (cartographer) 1
Bascom, Florence, 1862-1945 (American geologist) 1
Beche, Sir Henry Thomas, 1796-1855 (English geologist) 1
Becker, George Ferdinand, 1847-1919 (American geologist) 1
Belt, T, fl1873 (Geologist, Correspondent of Charles Lyell) 1
Bennett, FJ, fl1885-1895 (geologist) 1
Blackie, John Stuart, 1809-1895 (professor, University of Edinburgh) 1
Blake, John Frederick, 1839-1906 (clergyman and geologist) 1
Blanford, Henry Francis, 1834-1893 (meteorologist and palaeontologist) 1
Boulger, George Edward Simonds, 1853-1922 (botanist and professor, City of London College) 1
Brögger, Waldemar Christofer, 1851-1940 (Norwegian geologist and mineralogist) 1
Campbell, George John Douglas, 1823-1900 (8th and 1st Duke of Argyll, British polymath and Liberal statesman) 1
Challenger Expedition (1872 -1876) 1
Chamberlin, Thomas Chrowder, 1843-1928 (American geologist) 1
Cheltenham Ladies' College (1853-:) 1
Clark, William Bullock, 1860-1917 (American geologist) 1
Clarke, John Mason, 1857-1925 (American geologist) 1
Clay, Sons and Taylor (fl1881) 1
Cooke, Mr, fl1867-1868 (illustrator) 1
Dana, James Dwight, 1813-1895 (American geologist, mineralogist, and naturalist) 1
Davis, William Morris, 1850-1934 (American geographer and geologist) 1
Dawson, George Mercer, 1849-1901 (Canadian geologist) 1
Dawson, Sir John William, 1820-1899 (geologist) 1
De Margerie, Emmanuel, 1862-1953 1
Dublin Science and Art Museum (1878-:) 1
Edinburgh Geological Society 1
Edinburgh Museum of Science and Art (1864-1904) 1
Emmons, GH (GH) 1
Fisher, Osmund, 1817-1913 (clergyman and geologist) 1
Flower, William Henry, Sir, 1831-1899 (English surgeon, anatomist, Director of the Natural History Museum in London.) 1
Forbes, David, 1828-1876 (secretary to the Geological Society) 1
Foster, Sir Clement Le Neve, 1841-1904 (inspector of mines) 1
Foster, Sir Michael, 1836-1907 (physiologist) 1
GB 0237 NAHSTE P1704, 1837-1915 (German geologist) 1
Galton, Sir Douglas Strutt, 1822-1899 (Captain (Royal Engineers) and scientist) 1
Garwood, Edmund Johnston, 1864-1949 (geologist) 1
Gaudry, Jean Albert, 1827-1908 (French palaeontologist) 1
Geikie, James, 1839-1915 (professor of geology, University of Edinburgh) 1
Geinitz, Hans Bruno, 1814-1900 (Dresden University of Technology, Dresden (Germany)) 1
Geological Survey of Egypt (1896-:) 1
Geological Survey of Newfoundland (1864-:) 1
Geological Survey of Queensland (1868-:) 1
Godwin-Austen, Robert Alfred Cloyne, 1808-1884 (foreign secretary of the Geological Society) 1
Goodchild, John George, 1844-1906 (geologist) 1
Gordon, George, 1801-1893 (clergyman, geologist, naturalist and botanist) 1
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