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Correspondence to Sir Archibald Geikie: HW Fielden to Edmund Johnston Garwood, 1857-1901

 Sub-Series
Identifier: Coll-74/11/17

Scope and Contents

The Correspondence to Sir Archibald Geikie: HW Fielden to Edmund Johnston Garwood sub-series consists of:

  1. 74 letters to Sir Archibald Geikie, alphabetically arranged (1857-1901)

Dates

  • Creation: 1857-1901

Creator

Language of Materials

English

Physical Description

47 letters None which affect the use of this material

Biographical / Historical

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

Correspondence with fellow geologist, Reverend Osmond Fisher (1817-1913), covered a number of professional areas, primarily Fisher's own research; that from Sir William Henry Flower (1831-1899) was more concerned with associations they had an interest in.

David Forbes (1828-1876), brother to Edward Forbes (subject of a biography by Geikie) corresponded on both social and professional matters. Correspondence with Sir Clement Le Neve Foster (1841-1904) centred mostly around Foster's application to be Registrar of the University of London. That with Sir Michael Foster (1836-1907) was particularly concerned with Royal Society matters.

Geikie also corresponded with Sir Douglas Strutt Galton (1822-1899) and with Edmund Johnston Garwood (1864-1949), who had just been appointed to the chair of Geology at University College London in 1901.

Extent

From the Fonds: 2 metres

Physical Description

47 letters None which affect the use of this material

Processing Information

None

Processing Information

Grant Buttars 12 October 2001

Repository Details

Part of the University of Edinburgh Library Heritage Collections Repository

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