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Correspondence to Sir Archibald Geikie: John Geddes to J Gosselet, 1869-1909

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Identifier: Coll-74/11/19
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The Correspondence to Sir Archibald Geikie: John Geddes to J Gosselet sub-series consists of:


  1. 43 letters, alphabetically arranged (1869-1909)
Dates: 1869-1909

Correspondence to Sir Archibald Geikie: Robert Harkness to Francis John Haverfield, 1872-1915

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Identifier: Coll-74/11/22
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The Correspondence to Sir Archibald Geikie: Robert Harkness to Francis John Haverfield sub-series consists of:


  1. 18 letters, alphabetically arranged (1872-1915)
Dates: 1872-1915

Correspondence to Sir Archibald Geikie: Sir George Howard Darwin to Peter Martin Duncan, 1867-1899

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Identifier: Coll-74/11/14
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The Correspondence to Sir Archibald Geikie: Sir George Howard Darwin to Peter Martin Duncan sub-series consists of:


  1. 74 letters to Sir Archibald Geikie, alphabetically arranged (1867-1899)
Dates: 1867-1899

Correspondence to Sir Archibald Geikie: Thomas Lauder Brunton to William Sweetland Dallas, 1857-1913

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Identifier: Coll-74/11/10
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The Correspondence to Sir Archibald Geikie: Thomas Lauder Brunton to William Sweetland Dallas sub-series consists of:


  1. 74 letters to Sir Archibald Geikie, alphabetically arranged (1857-1913)
Dates: 1857-1913

Correspondence to Sir Archibald Geikie: W[illiam] G[rylls] Adams to Paul Apfelstedt, 17 November 1860 - 01 December 1900

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Identifier: Coll-74/11/6
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The Correspondence to Sir Archibald Geikie: W[illiam] G[rylls] Adams to Paul Apfelstedt sub-series consists of:


  1. 20 letters to Sir Archibald Geikie, alphabetically arranged (1860-1900)
Dates: 17 November 1860 - 01 December 1900

Correspondence: WA Herdman to Joseph Dalton Hooker, 1872-1900

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Identifier: Coll-74/12/3
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The Correspondence: WA Herdman to Joseph Dalton Hooker sub-series consists of:


  1. 33 letters, alphabetically arranged (1872-1900)
Dates: 1872-1900

Correspondence with Robert Boog-Watson, 1862-1863

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Identifier: GB Coll-74/11/4
Scope and Contents The Correspondence with Robert Boog-Watson sub-series consists of: 3 letters from Sir Archibald Geikie (1862-1863) inscribed reprint: Geikie | Archibald | Sir | 1835-1924 | professor of geology, University of Edinburgh, On the Phenomena of the Glacial Drift in Scotland, ( Glasgow,...
Dates: 1862-1863

Correspondence:Henry Hyatt Howell to Arthur Roope Hunt, 1884-1909

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Identifier: Coll-74/12/5
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The Correspondence: Henry Hyatt Howell to Arthur Roope Hunt sub-series consists of:


  1. 22 letters, alphabetically arranged (1884-1909)
Dates: 1884-1909

Diary of time spent on Arran, 1851

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Identifier: Coll-74/2/1
Scope and Contents

A diary account of observations made by Sir Archibald Geikie during his trip to Arran in 1851. He includes an analysis of the geology of the area: clay deposits, gravel formation and marine terraces amongst others. Geikie also describes the people and the communities they lived in, particularly the villages of Brodick, Corrie and Lamlash.

Dates: 1851

Draft letter to Sir Andrew Crombie Ramsay from Sir Archibald Geikie, 31 May 1861

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Identifier: Coll-74/11/3/50
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Draft letter to Sir Andrew Crombie Ramsay from Sir Archibald Geikie sending him the dry proofs of the Edinburgh [geological map] for correction. He discusses Ramsay's editorial comments concerning sensitive material about the School of Mines and the Geological Survey of Great Britain, and justifies their inclusion in his 'Memoirs of Edward Forbes'. He apologises that the passage has caused distress but regrets that it is now too late to remove them as the book had gone to press.

Dates: 31 May 1861

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Names
Forbes, Edward, 1815-1854 (Manx naturalist | Professor of Natural History, University of Edinburgh 1854) 57
MacMillan, Alexander, 1815-1896 (publisher) 30
United States Geological Survey 27
Geological Survey of Great Britain (1835-:) 25
Jukes, 1811-1869 (director of the Geological Survey of Ireland) 21
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Dutton, Capt Clarence Edward, 1841?1912 (American geologist, United States Geological Survey) 20
Ramsay, Sir Andrew Crombie, 1814-1891 (Scottish geologist) 20
Murchison, Sir Roderick Impey, 1792-1871 (1st Baronet | Scottish geologist) 15
Royal Society (c1645-:) (scientific society) 15
Yelverton, Emily M, fl1860 (widow of Edward Forbes) 15
Geological Society of London (1807-:) 13
Balfour, John Hutton, 1808-1884 (professor of botany, University of Glasgow and University of Edinburgh) 10
Huxley, Thomas Henry, 1825-1895 (man of science) 10
Wilson, Jessie Aitken, fl.1860 (fiction writer, sister of George Wilson, wife of James Sime) 10
Gilbert, Grove Karl, 1843-1918 (American geologist) 8
Lyell, Sir Charles, 1797-1875 (1st Baronet | Scottish geologist) 8
Allport, Samuel, fl1870-1882 (geologist and librarian) 7
Ball, Sir Robert Stawell, 1840-1913 (astronomer and mathematician) 7
Godwin-Austen, Robert Alfred Cloyne, 1808-1884 (foreign secretary of the Geological Society) 7
Peach, Benjamin Neeve, 1842-1926 (geologist) 7
Royal Society of Edinburgh (1783-:) 7
Anderson, Joseph, fl1877-1903 (antiquarian) 6
Anderson, W, fl1890-1893 (geologist) 6
Royal Institution of Great Britain (1799-:) 6
Thomas Constable (1834-1850) 6
Voorst, John Van, fl1863 (publisher) 6
Wilson, George, 1818-1859 (regius professor of technology, University of Edinburgh) 6
Baily, William Hellier, 1819-1888 (geologist and palaeontologist) 5
Bechler, Gustavus R, fl1879 (topographer, United States Geological Survey) 5
Boog-Watson, Robert, fl1862 (clergyman and zoologist) 5
Brodie, P B, 1815-1897 (palaeontologist) 5
Darwin, Charles Robert, 1809-1882 (Naturalist) 5
Geological Survey of Ireland 5
Government School of Mines and of Science as Applied to the Arts (1851-) 5
Paterson, Robert, 1802-1872 (president, Natural History Society of Belfast) 5
Royal Geographical Society (1830-:) 5
Sedgwick, Adam, 1785-1873 (geologist and professor of geology, University of Cambridge) 5
Allman, George James, 1812-1898 (botanist and zoologist) 4
Barrow, George, 1853-1932 (geologist) 4
Bennett, FJ, fl1885-1895 (geologist) 4
Bennie, James, fl1874-1897 (geologist, Geological Survey of Scotland) 4
Bowerbank, James Scott, 1797-1877 (geologist and distiller) 4
Bristow, Henry William, 1817-1889 (geologist) 4
Geikie, James, 1839-1915 (professor of geology, University of Edinburgh) 4
Hayden, Ferdinand Vandiveer, 1829-1887 (American geologist) 4
Horne, John, 1848-1928 (geologist) 4
Howell, Henry Hyatt, 1872-1898 (geologist) 4
King, Clarence, 1842-1901 (American geologist) 4
Anderson, Tempest, 1846-1913 (opthalmic surgeon, photographer and volcanologist) 3
Baron, Richard, 1847-1907 (clergyman, botanist and missionary, London Missionary Society) 3
Bartholomew, John George, 1860-1920 (cartographer) 3
Binney, Edward William, 1812­-1881 (geologist and founder Manchester Geological Society) 3
Bonney, Thomas George, 1833-1923 (clergyman, mountaineer and geologist) 3
Department of Mineral Resources. Geological Survey of New South Wales (1875-:) 3
Hicks, Henry, 1837-1899 (Welsh geologist and surgeon) 3
Hull, Edward, 1829-1917 (Irish geologist) 3
MacMillan Publishers Ltd (1843-:) 3
Nature 3
Prestwich, Sir Joseph, 1812-1896 (British geologist and businessman, Fellow of the Royal Society) 3
Salter, John William, 1820-1869 (palaeontologist, Geological Survey of Great Britain) 3
Scotsman (1817-:) 3
Scott, Robert Henry, Robert Henry 1833-1916 (meteorologist) 3
Société géologique de France (1830-:) (scientific society) 3
Sorby, Henry Clifton, 1826-1908 (geologist) 3
Teall, Jethro Justinian, 1849-1924 (geologist) 3
Thomson, Sir William, 1824-1907 (1st Baron Kelvin | mathematical physicist and Professor of Natural Philosophy, University of Glasgow 1846-1899) 3
Wilson, AD, fl1878 (topographer, United States Geological Survey) 3
Agassiz, Alexander, 1835-1910 (American naturalist and industrialist) 2
Ball, John, 1818-1889 (man of science and politician) 2
Banerman, H, fl1894-1898 (member, Geological Society of London) 2
Barrett, Sir William Fletcher, 1844 -1925 (professor of physics, Royal College of Science, Dublin (Ireland)) 2
Beche, Sir Henry Thomas, 1796-1855 (English geologist) 2
Belinfante, LL, fl1896-1898 (assistant secretary, Geological Society of London) 2
Bell, Robert, 1841-1917 (Director of the Geological Survey of Canada) 2
Bemrose, H Arnold, fl1897-1904 (naturalist) 2
Best, Edward, fl1861-1884 2
Bigsby, John Jeremiah, 1792-1881 (English physician, geologist, writer and Mayor of Newark upon Trent) 2
Bolton, Herbert (museum curator) 2
Brögger, Waldemar Christofer, 1851-1940 (Norwegian geologist and mineralogist) 2
Campbell, Peter Colin, 1810-1876 (first principal, University of Aberdeen) 2
Clarke, Reverend William Branwhite, 1798-1878 (Anglican clergyman and geologist, New South Wales (Australia)) 2
Croll, James, 1821-1890 (physical geologist and Keeper of Maps and Correspondence, Geological Survey of Scotland) 2
Dana, James Dwight, 1813-1895 (American geologist, mineralogist, and naturalist) 2
Daubrée, Gabriel Auguste, 1814-1896 (French geochemist) 2
Day, George Edward, 1815-1872 (professor of anatomy and medicine, University of St. Andrews) 2
Edinburgh Museum of Science and Art (1864-1904) 2
Edmonston & Douglas (fl1861) 2
Etheridge, Robert, 1819-1903 (geologist and palaeontologist) 2
Forbes, David, 1828-1876 (secretary to the Geological Society) 2
Forster Brown, Thomas, fl1898-1903 (civil engineer) 2
Gannett, Henry, fl1879| geographer, United States Geological Survey 2
Geological Survey of Canada (1842-:) 2
Gordon, George, 1801-1893 (clergyman, geologist, naturalist and botanist) 2
Hague, Arnold, 1840-1917 (American geologist) 2
Harker, Alfred, 1859-1939 (petrologist) 2
Harkness, Robert, 1816-1878 (British geologist and zoologist | Professor of Geology, Queen's College Cork) 2
Heddle, Matthew Forster, 1828-1897 (professor of chemistry, University of St Andrews) 2
Holmes, William Henry, 1846-1933 (American geologist, anthropologist, and museum director) 2
Hooker, Sir Joseph Dalton, 1817-1911 (British botanist, explorer | Director of the Royal Gardens, Kew) 2
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