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5 Lectures on geology, c1879

 Item
Identifier: Coll-74/6/18
Scope and Contents

Notes and text for five lectures on geology. Sir Archibald Geikie placed civilisation, religion and mythology in the context of geological development, looking at geolgical formations and the processes and materials involved in their creation.

Dates: c1879

Correspondence: GA Le Bel to G De Lorenzo, 1869-1914

 Sub-Series
Identifier: Coll-74/12/12
Scope and Contents

The Correspondence: Albert Auguste de Lapparent to Charles Lapworth sub-series consists of:


  1. 36 letters, alphabetically arranged (1869-1914)
Dates: 1869-1914

Lecture text: 'Lecture I', c1879

 Item
Identifier: Coll-74/6/6
Scope and Contents

Text of lecture looking at geological themes, such as landscape, physical geography, the formation of continents, types of rock and volcanic activity, and relating them to such subjects as the relationship between man and nature, mythology, history and religion.

Dates: c1879

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  • Subject: Religion X
  • Names: Geikie, Archibald, Sir, 28 December 1835 – 10 November 1924 (Professor of Geology, University of Edinburgh) X

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History 2
Human Beings 2
Mythology 2
Physical Geography 2
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Names
Forbes, Edward, 1815-1854 (Manx naturalist | Professor of Natural History, University of Edinburgh 1854) 1
Gordon-Lennox, Charles Henry, 6th Duke of Richmond and 1st Duke of Gordon 1
Le Bel, GA, fl1893 (French chemist) 1
Lebour, George Alexander Louis, 1847-1918 (geologist and curator of the Natural History Museum, Newcastle-upon-Tyne) 1
Lennox, Arthur, fl1869-1875 (Inspector of Science and Art Schools) 1