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 Clifton (1896?); Teall, J. J. Harris (Sir) (30 Apr 1883); Thomson, William (Lord Kelvin) (11 May 1888); Traquair, R. H. (7 Jul. 1881); Wallace, Alfred Russel (9 Nov. 1869)
Letter from William Londsdale to Professor (Andrew Crombie) Ramsay, 25 Apr. 1849
Dates
- Majority of material found within 1840s-1940s
Creator
Extent
1 folder
- Hicks, Henry, 1837-1899 (Welsh geologist and surgeon)
- Hooker, Sir Joseph Dalton, 1817-1911 (British botanist, explorer | Director of the Royal Gardens, Kew)
- Horne, John, 1848-1928 (geologist)
- Huxley, Thomas Henry, 1825-1895 (man of science)
- Kidston, Robert, 1852-1924 (honorary palaeobotanist to the British Geological Survey)
- Lapworth, Charles, 1842-1920 (geologist)
- Lonsdale, William L, 1794-1871 (English geologist and palaeontologist)
- Lyell, Sir Charles, 1797-1875 (1st Baronet | Scottish geologist)
- Marcou, Jules, 1824 – 1898 (French-Swiss-American geologist)
- Milne, John, 1850-1913 (mining engineer and seismologist)
- Peach, Benjamin Neeve, 1842-1926 (geologist)
- Prestwich, Sir Joseph, 1812-1896 (British geologist and businessman, Fellow of the Royal Society)
- Ramsay, Sir Andrew Crombie, 1814-1891 (Scottish geologist)
- Scrope, George Julius Poulett, 1797-1876 (geologist and political economist)
- Sorby, Henry Clifton, 1826-1908 (geologist)
- Teall, Jethro Justinian, 1849-1924 (geologist)
- Thomson, Sir William, 1824-1907 (1st Baron Kelvin | mathematical physicist and Professor of Natural Philosophy, University of Glasgow 1846-1899)
- Traquair, Ramsay Heatley, 1840-1912 (geologist and palaeontologist)
- Wallace, Alfred Russel, 1823-1913 (naturalist)
Repository Details
Part of the University of Edinburgh Library Heritage Collections Repository
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Centre for Research Collections
University of Edinburgh Main Library
George Square
Edinburgh EH8 9LJ Scotland
+44(0)131 650 8379
heritagecollections@ed.ac.uk