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Autograph letter signed from James Simpson to Dr Barham, 3 January 1866

 Item — Box CLX-A-1591
Identifier: Coll-1848/22-0017
Scope and Contents Autograph letter signed from Sir James Young Simpson to Dr Barham, Edinburgh, 3 January 1866, on the subject of Dr Barham's antique tin marked with a symbol that Simpson is trying to decipher.In the letter, Simpson tells Barham that "Professor Stephens of Copenhagen is here at pressent, & has told us at the Antiquarian Society that your jug of tin ... has upon it this mark X which he reads as a rune in old English meaning ST which he believes to mean Stan or Stone - the name...
Dates: 3 January 1866
Found in: University of Edinburgh Library Heritage Collections

Autograph Letter Signed from John Murry to "Dear Eddie", early/mid-20th century

 Item — Box CLX-A-1591
Identifier: Coll-1848/20-0037
Scope and Contents Affectionate Autograph Letter Signed from John Murry to "Dear Eddie", asking his correspondent to "do what you can with these two books? The Vigo anthology was edited by W.W.G. I shall probably be up again on Friday. Shall we see each other? I think that Ihlee is extraordinary good - now that I have seen more of his work." Ructon Cottage, near Chichester, Wednesday, no year. Signed with Murry's nickname "Jack Tiger"."Ihlee" is Rudolph Ihlee (1883-1968), an artist who was a member...
Dates: early/mid-20th century
Found in: University of Edinburgh Library Heritage Collections

Autograph letter signed from John Scott to Walter Scott, merchant in Kelso, 17 March 2019

 Item — Box CLX-A-1126
Identifier: Coll-1848/19-0103
Scope and Contents Autograph letter signed by John Scott, sent from Edinburgh to his brother Walter Scott (1653-1729, grandfather of Sir Walter Scott and merchant in Kelso) on the 24th March 1708. It answers one he received on the 15th, and regards arrangements concerning heritable rights to land, and moveables from a deceased estate. He expresses surprise, and refers to jealousies, and the matter may be in the process of resolution. A note on the back reads: 'letter from John Scot [sic] to his brother Walter...
Dates: 17 March 2019
Found in: University of Edinburgh Library Heritage Collections

Autograph Letter Signed from Leonard Horner to his daughter Lady Mary Lyell, 31 July 1860

 Item — Box CLX-A-1705
Identifier: Coll-1848/22-0015
Scope and Contents

This is an autograph letter signed from the geologist and reformer Leonard Horner to his daughter Lady Mary Lyell, widow of Sir Charles Lyell, quoting letters from Thomas Longman and the son of Macvey Napier about an Edinburgh Review article on W. H. Prescott. The letter is dated 31 July 1860.

Dates: 31 July 1860
Found in: University of Edinburgh Library Heritage Collections

Autograph letter, signed, from Sir Walter Scott, nd

 Item — Box CLX-A-71
Identifier: Coll-1147/91-80
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Autograph letter, signed, from Sir Walter Scott

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

Autograph letter, signed, from Sir Walter Scott, 6 December, nd

 Item — Box CLX-A-71
Identifier: Coll-1147/91-90
Scope and Contents

Autograph letter, signed, from Sir Walter Scott

Dates: 6 December, nd
Found in: University of Edinburgh Library Heritage Collections

Autograph letter, signed, from Sir Walter Scott, 1807

 Item — Box CLX-A-76
Identifier: Coll-1147/92-28
Scope and Contents

Autograph letter, signed, from Sir Walter Scott

Dates: 1807
Found in: University of Edinburgh Library Heritage Collections

Autograph letter, signed, from Sir Walter Scott, [1819]

 Item — Box CLX-A-35
Identifier: Coll-1147/93-31
Scope and Contents

Autograph letter, signed, from Sir Walter Scott

Dates: [1819]
Found in: University of Edinburgh Library Heritage Collections

Autograph letter, signed, from Sir Walter Scott, 1820

 Item — Box CLX-A-95
Identifier: Coll-1147/93-61
Scope and Contents

Autograph letter, signed, from Sir Walter Scott

Dates: 1820
Found in: University of Edinburgh Library Heritage Collections

Autograph letter, signed, from Sir Walter Scott, [1822]

 Item — Box CLX-A-103
Identifier: Coll-1147/93-76
Scope and Contents

Autograph letter, signed, from Sir Walter Scott

Dates: [1822]
Found in: University of Edinburgh Library Heritage Collections

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University of Edinburgh Library Heritage Collections 1158
Lothian Health Services Archive 21
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Subject
Correspondence 476
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
Training 2
Abbotsford (Scotland) 1
Administration 1
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English 561
English 363
French 71
Persian 27
German 18
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Italian 7
Gaelic; Scottish Gaelic 6
Latin 5
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Greek, Modern (1453-) 1
Norwegian 1
Swedish 1
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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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