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Addresses and Speeches, c. 1850s - 1870s
Series — Box Lyell Temp Box 3.12: Series Coll-203/B14; Series Coll-203/B15
Identifier: Coll-203/B15
Scope and Contents
Series of printed addresses given by Charles Lyell, including:
1) Printed Address delivered at the Anniversary Meeting of the Geological Society of London, 15th Feb 1850 and awarding Wollaston Medal to Peter Hopkins. Unopened.
2) Printed Address delivered at the Anniversary Meeting of the Geological Society of London, 21st Feb 1851 and awarding Wollaston Medal to Adam Sedgwick. Unopened.
3) Manuscript speech delivered by Lyell at the [New York City] Crystal Palace Banquet,...
Dates:
c. 1850s - 1870s
Pages of "The London Illustrated News" relating to Charles Lyell, and a letter from Mary Lyell to Mrs Brine, 1864-1873
File
Identifier: Coll-1848/24-0054
Content Description
Two pages from two different issues of the London Illustrated News: title page from the No. 1279 vol. XLV (Saturday, September 24, 1864), showing an illustration of Charles Lyell giving a speech at Bath (caption: "The British Association at Bath: Sir Charles Lyell delivering the presidential address in the Theatre"); and a page from No. 1308, vol. XLVI (11 March 1865) showing a full-page engraved portrait of Charles Lyell.There is also...
Dates:
1864-1873
Printed Papers, c.1829-1864
Series — Box Lyell Temp Box 1.23 (Formerly Gen 119): Series Coll-203/8 (Lyell 8); Series Coll-203/9 (Lyell 9)
Identifier: Coll-203/9 (Lyell 9)
Scope and Contents
Printed Papers consists of:
address delivered by Sir Charles Lyell at the anniversary meeting of the Geological Society of London (1836)
Lithology of the Environs of Edinburgh by Dr Fleming (1856-1857)
Biographical notice of Sir Charles Lyell as President of the British Association for the Advancement of Science (1864)
press cutting of letter from Sir...
Dates:
c.1829-1864