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British Medical Bulletin, 1953-1965

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Identifier: Coll-1586/E/2/E.69
Scope and Content

The material consists of editorial correspondence relating to Martin Rivers Pollock's work at the British Medical Bulletin, including book reviews etc., 1953-1965.

Dates: 1953-1965

Bruce, Henry, 1st Baron Aberdare, 15 February [?] 1856; 23 February [?] 1877

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Identifier: Coll-1989/7
Scope and Contents 1. Autograph letter signed from Henry Bruce to "Mrs Lyell", dated 15 February [?] 1856: "Lina has forwarded me your kind invitation for the 24th – Alas! I am engaged on that day to see old friend Mrs Drummond – I read with such pleasure your account of Sir Charles – Pray remember me to him & Lady Bunbury very affectionates [...]".2. Autograph letter signed from Henry Bruce to Frances Joanna Horner, Lady Bunbury, dated 23 February [?] 1877: "I have much pleasure in inlaying...
Dates: 15 February [?] 1856; 23 February [?] 1877

Bryson, N., 1980-1981

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Identifier: Coll-1586/G/2/G.46

Bu. and first name only, 1980-1981

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Identifier: Coll-1586/G/2/G.47

Bundle of family-related correspondence, 1888-1928

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Identifier: Coll-14/3/10
Scope and Contents Contains: letters to Ewart from his son G.A ('Arthur') Ewart; reports to Ewart about Arthur from Clifton College, including two school reports; one letter to Ewart from his nephew J.A Ewart' (1902); three letters from a 'J. Ewart' of Edinburgh requesting genealogical info on the Cossar Ewart name (1888-1897); press cutting from the Scotsman containing the text of the Promotor's address at the conferment of Ewart's LL.D degree by the University of Edinburgh (June 29...
Dates: 1888-1928

Bunsen, Christian Frh. Von, 5 August 1858; 25 January; 1 September [no year]

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Identifier: Coll-1989/8
Scope and Contents 1. Autograph letter signed from Christian von Bunsen to Leornard Horner, dated 5 August 1858: "Welcome in Germany! I was afraid you had gone to Hekekiah and Sesustesen instead of my dear country, and am happy to know you so near. You threaten to overthrow the balance of the minor states however, by all settling in such numbers in one Dukedom only: and as I ever not wish you to separate, we might hope you would put up headquarters for a week or two at Heidelberg where there are plenty of...
Dates: 5 August 1858; 25 January; 1 September [no year]

Burton, Decimus, 14 May 1814

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Identifier: Coll-1989/9
Scope and Contents Autograph letter signed from Decimus Burton to Sir Charles Lyell, dated 14 May 1814: "I have considered the subject put to me in your note. I take the superficies of London, Westminster[,] Southwark, Finsbury[,] Marylebone etc. to be 16 sq. miles. I suppose the cubical mass of stone, brick & paving stone over that area to be 74,000,000 cubic yards in the Houses, Churches, Public Buildings etc. Taking the number of Houses to be 250,000 – and this would give about 5 feet thickness or...
Dates: 14 May 1814

C, 1980-1981

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Identifier: Coll-1586/G/2/G.48

Callcott, Augustus Wall, 4 October [c 1837]; undated

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Identifier: Coll-1989/10
Scope and Contents 1. Autograph letter signed from Augustus Wall Calcott dated 4 October [ca 1837], no place. Letter of excuse to Mrs. Horner, probably Anna Susanna Horner, wife of Leonard Horner: “I regret that I cannot have the pleasure of accepting Mr Horner’s & your invitation for Thursday the 12. I am under an engagement to accompany my friend Mr Wells on a visit to the Duke of Bedford at Woburn at the beginning of the next week and shall not be in Town again before Saturday the 14th. – Lady Callcott...
Dates: 4 October [c 1837]; undated

Cambridge University Press, 1965-1972

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Identifier: Coll-1586/E/2/E.70
Scope and Content

The material consists of editorial correspondence relating to Martin Rivers Pollock's work at Cambridge University Press, chiefly book reviews, 1965-1972.

Dates: 1965-1972

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University of Edinburgh Library Heritage Collections 1159
Lothian Health Services Archive 21
New College Library Special Collections 6
 
Subject
Correspondence 477
Lyell, Sir Charles, 1797-1875 (1st Baronet | Scottish geologist) -- correspondence to 431
Physics 194
Scott, Walter, 1771-1832 -- Correspondence 115
Scott, Walter, 1771-1832 -- Autographs 56
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Portraits 45
Carlyle, Thomas, 1795-1881 -- Correspondence 44
Photographs 40
University of Edinburgh -- Principals 30
Correspondence -- Persian 28
Ewart, James Cossar, 1851-1933 -- Correspondence 20
Lyell, Sir Charles, 1797-1875 (1st Baronet | Scottish geologist) -- correspondence from 15
Radio Broadcasting 13
Compilation manuscripts 11
Turner, Sir William, 1832-1916 -- Correspondence 11
Crew, F. A. E. (Francis Albert Eley), 1888-1973 -- Correspondence 10
Waddington, Conrad Hal, 1905-1975 -- Correspondence 10
De la Mare, Walter, 1873-1956 -- Correspondence 9
Laing, David, 1793-1878 -- Correspondence 9
Swann, Michael Swann, Baron, 1920-1990 -- Correspondence 9
Sheep 7
Animals--Transportation 6
Appleton, Edward Victor, Sir, 1892-1965 -- Correspondence 6
Edinburgh -- Scotland 6
Lectures and Lecturing 6
Libraries 6
Management 6
Hogg, James, 1770-1835 -- Correspondence 5
Rams 5
Shetland sheep 5
Wax seal 5
Absorption 4
Agricultural exhibitions 4
Applications for Positions 4
Ewes 4
Funding 4
Mogul Empire -- History 4
Publications 4
Societies and Clubs 4
Academic Writing 3
Chile 3
Clippings (Books, newspapers, etc.) 3
Committees 3
Engraving 3
Ewing, J. A. (James Alfred), 1855-1935 -- Correspondence 3
Farms 3
Horses 3
Koestler, Arthur, 1905-1983 -- Correspondence 3
Literature 3
Principals, University 3
Publishers and Publishing 3
Television broadcasting 3
United States 3
Voyages and Travel 3
Wool 3
Accounts 2
Advertising 2
Animal sale 2
Appointment to Office 2
Bibliography 2
Bones 2
Burns, Robert, 1759-1796 -- Autographs 2
Burns, Robert, 1759-1796 -- Correspondence 2
Canada 2
Canada -- Nova Scotia 2
Celtic studies 2
Conferences 2
Congresses and Conventions 2
Crofters 2
Cross-Breeding 2
DNA 2
Diaries 2
Domestic Animals 2
Economics 2
Embargo 2
English poetry -- 20th century 2
Experiments 2
Hides and Skins 2
Icelandic sheep 2
Job Offers 2
Names, Geographical 2
North Ronaldsay (sheep) 2
North Uist Inverness-shire Scotland 2
Obituaries 2
Ovis nivicola 2
Penicillin 2
Performances 2
Persian poetry 2
Physical Characteristics 2
Pregnancy in animals 2
Prehistoric animals 2
Professional Interaction 2
Robertson, William, 1721-1793 -- Correspondence 2
Ryeland (sheep) 2
Sheep breeds 2
Soay sheep 2
Social Interaction 2
Speeches 2
Training 2
Abbotsford (Scotland) 1
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Language
English 561
English 364
French 71
Persian 27
German 18
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Names
Lyell, Sir Charles, 1797-1875 (1st Baronet | Scottish geologist) 447
Appleton, Sir Edward Victor, 1892-1965 (physicist and principal of the University of Edinburgh) 196
Scott, Sir Walter, 1771-1832 (novelist and poet) 107
Pollock, Martin Rivers, 1914-1999 (professor of biology, University of Edinburgh) 99
Carlyle, Thomas, 1795-1881 (historian, essayist and philosopher) 45
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Lyell, Lady Mary, 1808-1873 (nee Horner) 28
van der Pol, Balthasar, 1889-1959 (Dutch physicist) 27
Lyell, Katharine Murray, 1817-1915 (nee Horner) 20
Ewart, James Cossar, 1851-1933 (zoologist and professor of natural history, University of Edinburgh) 19
Beynon, William John Granville, Sir, 1914-1996 (Welsh Physicist) 18
Horner, Leonard, 1785-1864 (Scottish merchant, geologist and educational reformer) 18
Piggott, William Roy, 1914-2008 (Physicist and student of Sir Edward Appleton ) 15
Baillie, Anne, 1809-1847 (Former owner of manuscripts) 14
Baillie, John Baillie, of Leys, 1835-1890 (donor of the Oriental Manuscripts Collection) 14
Baillie, John, of Leys, 1772-1833 (Member of Parliament, and East India Company Official) 14
Elwes, Henry John, 1846-1922 (traveller and botanist) 12
Naismith, Robert J, 1901-1973 (Scottish born radio scientist) 12
Turner, Sir William, 1832-1916 (anatomist, professor of anatomy and principal, University of Edinburgh) 12
Crew, Francis Albert Eley, 1886-1973 (professor of animal genetics and professor of public health and social medicine, University of Edinburgh) 10
Waddington, Conrad Hal, 1905-1975 (embryologist and professor of animal genetics, University of Edinburgh) 10
Swann, Michael Meredith, 1920-1990 (biologist, principal and vice-chancellor of the University of Edinburgh) 9
University of Edinburgh (Scottish University) 9
Anderson, Adam, 1797-1853 (Scottish judge and Senator of the College of Justice) 6
Anderson, James, 1758-1833 (Persian Interpretor, East India Company) 6
Darwin, Charles Robert, 1809-1882 (Naturalist) 6
Hey, James Stanley, 1909-2000 (English physicist and radio astronomer) 6
Mare, Walter de la, 1873-1956 (poet and writer) 6
Anderson, David, 1750-1828 (Diplomat, East India Company) 5
British Broadcasting Corporation (1922-:) (radio and television broadcasters) 5
Hogg, James, 1770-1835 ("The Ettrick Shepherd") 5
Horner, Susan, 1816-1900 (Writer) 5
Laing, David, 1793-1878 (antiquarian, bookseller, and librarian of the Signet Library) 5
Owen, Richard, 1804-1892 (English biologist) 5
Scottish Home Department. formerly Board of Agriculture for Scotland then Department of Agriculture for Scotland (1928-1939) (1939-:) 5
Watson, James Carmichael, 1910-1942 (Professor of Celtic) 5
Agassiz, Jean Louis, 1807-1873 (Swiss-American naturalist and professor of natural history) 4
Bunbury, Sir Charles James Fox, 1809-1886 (8th Baronet of Barton Hall, Sussex (England) | English naturalist) 4
Byrne, Fanny Horner, 1789-1876 (Married to Irish revolutionary Myles Byrne) 4
Chantrey, Sir Francis Leggatt, 1781-1841 (Knight | English sculptor) 4
Emeléus, Karl George, 1901-1989 (British experimental physicist) 4
Fraser, Marjory Kennedy-, 1857-1930 (singer, pianist, folk-song collector and arranger) 4
Griffith, Frederick, 1877-1941 (British bacteriologist) 4
Horner, Frances Joanna, 1814-1894 (Lady Bunbury) 4
Horner, Francis, 1778-1817 (Whig politician, journalist, and political economist) 4
Smith-Rose, Reginald Leslie, 1894-1980 (English physicist at the National Physical Laboratory) 4
Tovey, Sir Donald Francis, 1875-1940 (Reid Professor of Music, University of Edinburgh) 4
Ballantyne, James, 1772-1883 (solicitor, editor and publisher of Sir Walter Scott and the Novelist's Library) 3
Bowen, Edward George, 1911-1991 (Welsh physicist) 3
Carmichael, Alexander, 1832-1912 (Excise officer | folklorist and antiquarian | Edinburgh | Scotland) 3
Erskine, John Francis Erskine Goodeve, 1836-1930 (27th Earl of Mar, Senior representative Peer for Scotland) 3
Ewing, Sir James Alfred, 1855-1935 (principal, University of Edinburgh) 3
Falconer, Douglas Scott (professor of genetics, University of Edinburgh and director of the Agricultural Research Council, Unit of Animal Genetics) 3
Falconer, Hugh, 1808-1865 (palaeontologist and botanist) 3
Geikie, Archibald, Sir, 28 December 1835 – 10 November 1924 (Professor of Geology, University of Edinburgh) 3
Gower, Granville George Leveson-, 1815-1891 (2nd Earl Granville | British Liberal statesman and diplomat) 3
Hawkins, John , fl 1832 3
Hooker, Sir Joseph Dalton, 1817-1911 (British botanist, explorer | Director of the Royal Gardens, Kew) 3
James I and VI, 1566-1625 (King of England, Scotland and Ireland) 3
Lovell, Sir Alfred Charles Bernard, 1913-2012 (English radio astronomer, pioneer of radar and radio telescopes) 3
Lyell, Leonard, 1st Baron Lyell, 1850-1926 3
Marshall, George William, fl 1870s (acquaintance of John F. Goodeve Erskine, Earl of Mar) 3
Murchison, Sir Roderick Impey, 1792-1871 (1st Baronet | Scottish geologist) 3
Olby, Robert, 1933-2020 (American historian and author on biology) 3
Ratcliffe, John Ashworth, 1902-1987 (British radio physicist) 3
Russell, Herbrand Arthur, 11th Duke of Bedford, 1858-1940 3
Sang, James Henderson, 1912-2002 (biologist and geneticist) 3
Sonnabend, Yolanda (artist and theatre designer) 3
Wallace, Alfred Russel, 1823-1913 (naturalist) 3
Alexander, W.G., fl 1951 (senior official, Agricultural Research Council) 2
Appel, Axel, fl. 1912 2
Archiac, Adolphe d', 1802-1868 (Vicomte d'Archiac | French geologist and palaeontologist) 2
Auerbach, Charlotte, 1899-1994 (professor of genetics at the University of Edinburgh) 2
Aymard, Auguste, 1808-1889 (Prehistorian and Paleontologist) 2
Barrie, James Mathew, Sir, 1860-1937 (novelist and playwright) 2
Beck, Henrik Henriksen, 1799–1863 (Danish naturalist) 2
Binney, Edward William, 1812­-1881 (geologist and founder Manchester Geological Society) 2
Birch, Samuel, 1813-1885 (British Egyptologist and antiquarian) 2
Born, Max, 1882-1970 (physicist) 2
Bowden, Nancy, fl 1940s 2
Bruce, Charles Edward Rhodes, 1902-1979, Astronomer and Physicist 2
Buckley, Arabella Burton, 1840 – 1929 (Writer and Educator) 2
Burgess, Ronald E., fl.1935-1977 (English physicist) 2
Campbell, George John Douglas, 1823-1900 (8th and 1st Duke of Argyll, British polymath and Liberal statesman) 2
Carruthers, William, 1830-1922 (botanist, Keeper of the Department of Botany, British Museum) 2
Charlesworth, Edward, 1813-1893 (English geologist and palaeontologist) 2
Clark, Joseph, 1834-1926 (English painter) 2
Cowan, Alex, fl 1911 (Dalhousie Castle, Bonnyrigg (Scotland)) 2
Croll, James, 1821-1890 (physical geologist and Keeper of Maps and Correspondence, Geological Survey of Scotland) 2
Darbishire, Arthur Dukinfield, 1879-1915 (lecturer in genetics and animal breeding, University of Edinburgh) 2
Davis, Henry Samuel, Major, fl January 1846 (British army officer and artist ) 2
Evans, Sir John, 1823-1908 (archaeologist and numismatist) 2
Guiscardi, William (Guillaume), fl 1860 (Italian volcanologist) 2
Haidinger, Wilhelm, 1795-1871 (Austrian mineralogist) 2
Hartree, Douglas Rayner, 1897-1954 (English mathematician and physicist) 2
Hartstonge, Matthew Weld, fl 1810s (acquaintance of Sir Walter Scott) 2
Hartung, Georg, 1821 - 1891 (German geologist) 2
Hayes, William, 1913-1994 (professor of molecular genetics, University of Edinburgh) 2
Heer, Oswald, 1809-1883 (Swiss botanist, palaeontologist, entomologist | Professor of Botany, University of Zurich) 2
Himsworth, Harold Percival, Sir, 1905-1993 (British scientist) 2
Hogarth, George, 1783-1870 (Scottish lawyer and newspaper editor) 2
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