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Correspondence to Sir Archibald Geikie: FW Egan to John Evans, 1866-1900

 Sub-Series
Identifier: Coll-74/11/16

Scope and Contents

The Correspondence to Sir Archibald Geikie: FW Egan to John Evans sub-series consists of:

  1. 2 letters from FW Egan (1897-1900)
  2. 5 letters from Sir Philip De Malpas Grey Egerton (1871-1875)
  3. 4 letters from the Earl of Enniskillen (1884-1896)
  4. 9 letters from Robert Etheridge snr. (1869-1879)
  5. 2 letters from Robert Etheridge jnr. (1872-1873)
  6. 5 letters from John Evans (1866-1900)

Dates

  • Creation: 1866-1900

Creator

Language of Materials

English

Biographical / Historical

Sir Archibald Geikie corresponded with a number of people both socially and professionally. This sub-series includes the following correspondents:

There is a small amount of correspondence with FW Egan of the Geological Survey of Ireland. More lengthy professional correspondence with Geikie came from paleontologist Sir Philip De Malpas Egerton (1806-1881) concerning Sir Roderick Impey Murchison and letters of Murchison which Egerton lent Geikie. Another paleontologist, William Willoughby Cole, 3rd Earl of Enniskillen (1807-1886) wrote to Geikie concerning On the Fossil Fishes of the Carboniferous Limestone Series of Great Britain, ( 1883).

Correspondence took place with the geologist and paleontologist Robert Etheridge (1819-1903) and a smaller amount with Etheridge's son, also Robert Etheridge (1846-1920), who was also a geologist and paleontologist. Geikie corresponded with archaeologist John Evans (1823-1908), Treasurer of the Royal Society, on a number of professional matters including those related to professional affiliations such as financial donations.

Full Extent

From the Fonds: 2 metres

Physical Description

27 letters None which affect the use of this material

Processing Information

None

Processing Information

Grant Buttars 11 October 2001

Repository Details

Part of the University of Edinburgh Library Heritage Collections Repository

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