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Archibald Geikie, correpondence

 Series
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

Letter from Hooker, Sir Joseph Dalton, to Charles Lyell, 19 July 1846 - 18 May 1874

 File — Box Box 3.2: Series Coll-203/B1
Identifier: Coll-203/B1/55
Scope and Contents

Letters written by Hooker at Kew, White Hall Gardens Darjeeling, Hitcham, Alnwick Castle, Kingscliffe, Torquay and Florence. Also black and white original photograph of Hooker.

Dates: 19 July 1846 - 18 May 1874

Letter to Dr [Joseph Dalton] Hooker from Charles James Bunbury, 11 November 1854

 Item
Identifier: Coll-203/2/folio(s) 33-35
Scope and Contents

Summary is noted by Lyell as 'Barometrial measurement of Heights'. Letter to Dr [Joseph Dalton] Hooker from Charles James Bunbury full of social chat, he mentions that "Mr Bunbury" [Henry Edward Bunbury, his father] gave a lecture to the Bury Atheneum on his recent trip to Madeira and Tenerife. He includes notes entitled " The Neutral Point of Sir C Lyell's Barometer", 11 November 1854.

Dates: 11 November 1854

Letters from Brown, Reverend Henry H. to Charles Lyell, 8 June 1864 - 3 February 1865

 File — Box Box 1.1: Series Coll-203/1 (Lyell 1)
Identifier: Coll-203/1/33
Scope and Contents

Summaries made by Lyell on the envelopes note:
1) "Rev H.H Brown, New Zealand, Dr Hooker" and "Changes of Vegetation in Modern [?...]"
2) "Proof of Description of land" The letter contains reference to Dr Hooker.

Dates: 8 June 1864 - 3 February 1865

Letters from Brown, Richard to Charles Lyell, 24 December 1844 - 14 June 1855

 File — Box Box 1.1: Series Coll-203/1 (Lyell 1)
Identifier: Coll-203/1/36
Scope and Contents Letters were written by Captain Richard Brown whilst at Sydney Mines, Cape Breton, Nova Scotia. Summarised by Lyell as: 1) Cape Breton Coal beds with roots of Stigmaria. Brown apologises for delay in response, but he has been busy and often away from home. Talks of survey work at Cape Dauphin - and his study on coal fields, conglomerate and gypsum. He has sent coal plants and fossils found there, and which he has written about, to Charles Bunbury. "the only leisure time I have is...
Dates: 24 December 1844 - 14 June 1855

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

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

 Item
Identifier: Coll-203/A3/3
Dates: 25 July 1856 - 1 January 1859

Notebook No.245, 6 November 1860- March 1861

 Item — Box Lyell-temp-box 9: Series Coll-203/A1
Identifier: Coll-203/A1/245
Scope and Contents Teal coloured leather Notebook, the index appears at the back of the book. On this occasion, Lyell creates the index chronologically, with the dates noted first, then page numbers and subjects. The notebook starts with Lyell in London. He creates a table for calculating the rate of rising of land. He is preparing to travel to Paris – listing maps and books to take, Notebooks which document earlier visits to Amiens, Abbeville, articles to read etc. Page 44 notes the weights of both Charles...
Dates: 6 November 1860- March 1861

Notebook No.249, 30 July 1863- April 1864

 Item — Box Lyell-temp-box 9: Series Coll-203/A1
Identifier: Coll-203/A1/249
Scope and Contents Red leather bound notebook, dated July 30 1863 to April 1864 covering Lyell's research in Wales, including mountains - Moel Tryfan, Snowdon - quarries caves and beaches. Lists significant corrections necessary for 'Antiquity of Man'. Lyell's own index Index July 30 1863 to April 1864 p. 1 Llanberis. Lakes of - [Llanberis] Perched block - Tarn near in [perched block] p. 3 Absence of shells...
Dates: 30 July 1863- April 1864

Notebook No.258, 22 April 1870-3 July 1871

 Item — Box Lyell-temp-box 9: Series Coll-203/A1
Identifier: Coll-203/A1/258
Scope and Contents This black Notebook is annotated with Lyell's name, address at 73 Harley Street, London. The Notebook begins with the end a tour of Devon - started in the previous Notebook 257 - with Lyell in Barnstaple. Mostly written by Buckley, there are sections of very poor writing at times, which could be Lyell's own. From Devon to Bristol Clifton Bridge and Bath. Time following up queries and visiting the British Museum in London is followed by train to Glasgow with Mary and Leonard, then to the Isle...
Dates: 22 April 1870-3 July 1871

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Bartlett , Abraham Dee, 1812-1897 ( Zoologist, Taxidermist, Naturalist, Superintendent of London Zoo.) 2
Buckley, Arabella Burton, 1840 – 1929 (Writer and Educator) 2
Bunbury, Sir Charles James Fox, 1809-1886 (8th Baronet of Barton Hall, Sussex (England) | English naturalist) 2
Darwin, Charles Robert, 1809-1882 (Naturalist) 2
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Lyell, Lady Mary, 1808-1873 (nee Horner) 2
Prestwich, Sir Joseph, 1812-1896 (British geologist and businessman, Fellow of the Royal Society) 2
Ramsay, Sir Andrew Crombie, 1814-1891 (Scottish geologist) 2
Ramsey, Andrew Crombie , 1814-1891 (Scottish Geologist ) 2
Sorby, Henry Clifton, 1826-1908 (geologist) 2
Barrande, Joachim, 1799-1883 (Geologist and Paleontologist) 1
Brown , Henry Handley, Reverend, 1813 - 1893 (English churchman, appointed to the Omata District, New Zealand. Father of Henry Brown, politician) 1
Brown, Richard, fl 1844-1855 (Geologist based at Sydney Mines, Nova Scotia) 1
Bryce, James, 1806-1877 (Irish mathematician, naturalist and geologist) 1
Buckle , Henry Thomas, 1821 – 1862 (English Historian) 1
Campbell, George John Douglas, 1823-1900 (8th and 1st Duke of Argyll, British polymath and Liberal statesman) 1
Carruthers, William, 1830-1922 (botanist, Keeper of the Department of Botany, British Museum) 1
Christol, Jules de, 1802 – 1861 (French paleontologist and geologist) 1
Daintree, Richard, 1832-1878 (geologist, surveyor, photographer) 1
Daubrée, Gabriel Auguste, 1814-1896 (French geochemist) 1
De la Beche, Thomas, 1796-1855 (English geologist, palaeontologist) 1
Emmons, Ebenezer, 1799-1863 (American geologist and mountaineer) 1
Forbes, David, 1828-1876 (Manx mineralogist, metallurgist, and chemist, secretary to the Geological Society) 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
Hervey , Arthur Charles, Lord , 1808 – 1894 (English Bishop) 1
Hicks, Henry, 1837-1899 (Welsh geologist and surgeon) 1
Horne, John, 1848-1928 (geologist) 1
Horner, Leonard, 1785-1864 (Scottish merchant, geologist and educational reformer) 1
Hughes, Thomas McKenny, 1832-1917 (Welsh geologist, Woodwardian Professor of Geology at Cambridge University) 1
Huxley, Thomas Henry, 1825-1895 (English biologist and anthropologist) 1
Huxley, Thomas Henry, 1825-1895 (man of science) 1
Jeffreys, John Gwyn, 1809-1885 (British conchologist and malacologist) 1
Kidston, Robert, 1852-1924 (honorary palaeobotanist to the British Geological Survey) 1
Lapworth, Charles, 1842-1920 (geologist) 1
Liddell, Henry George, 1811-1898 (Dean of Christ Church, Oxford, Vice-Chancellor of the University of Oxford, Headmaster Westminster School and writer of Greek lexicon. ) 1
Lonsdale, William L, 1794-1871 (English geologist and palaeontologist) 1
Lyell, Leonard, 1st Baron Lyell, 1850-1926 1
Marcou, Jules, 1824 – 1898 (French-Swiss-American geologist) 1
Milne, John, 1850-1913 (mining engineer and seismologist) 1
Moore, Charles, 1815-1881 (geologist) 1
Morris, John, 1810-1886 (English geologist) 1
Murchison, Sir Roderick Impey, 1792-1871 (1st Baronet | Scottish geologist) 1
Orbigny, Alcide Charles Victor Marie Dessalines d', 1802-1857 (French naturalist) 1
Peach, Benjamin Neeve, 1842-1926 (geologist) 1
Pouchet, Felix-Archimede, 1800-1872 (Naturalist) 1
Richardson, John (Scottish Naval Surgeon, Naturalist and Artic Explorer) 1
Rolleston , George, 1829 – 1881 (English physician and zoologist) 1
Schmerling, Philippe-Charles, 1791-1836 (Dutch prehistorian, geologist) 1
Scrope, George Julius Poulett, 1797-1876 (geologist and political economist) 1
Steenstrup, 1794-1865 (Danish zoologist and professor of chemistry and mineralogy, University of Copenhagen (Denmark)) 1
Symonds, William Samuel, 1818-1887 (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
Torell, Otto Martin, 1828 – 1900 (Swedish Naturalist and Geologist) 1
Traquair, Ramsay Heatley, 1840-1912 (geologist and palaeontologist) 1
Verneuil, Edouard de, 1805-1873 (French geologist) 1
Wallace, Alfred Russel, 1823-1913 (naturalist) 1
Wollaston, Thomas Vernon, 1822-1878 (English entomologist and malacologist) 1
Wood, Searles Valentine, 1830-1884 (geologist) 1
Woodward, Samuel Pickworth, 1821-1865 (English geologist and malacologist) 1
de Perthes, Jacques Boucher, 1788-1868 (French archaeologist and antiquary) 1
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