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:
- 36 letters, alphabetically arranged (1869-1914)
Dates
- 1869-1914
Creator
Language of Materials
English
Physical Description
36 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:
GA Le Bel (fl1893) wrote concerning his receipt of the Davy medal from the Royal Society.
George Alexander Louis Lebour (1847-1918) wrote regarding the thermal conductivity of rocks, particularly work done by Edward Forbes (1815-1854) and Sir William Thomson (1824-1907)
Arthur Lennox (fl1869-1875) wrote on a number of professional and social matters, including arranging to visit Geikie, mentioning his own travels in Europe and arranging an introduction by Geikie to the publisher Macmillan. He was to be proposed by the Duke of Richmond for the post of Inspector of Science and Art Schools, if he could provide suitable testimonials, and asked Geikie for one. By 1875 he was writing from the Council on Education at the South Kensington Museum. He also discussed an article he had published in the Times and problems relating to it.
J Peter Lesley (1819-1903) was the state geologist in charge of the Second Geological Survey of Pennsylvannia and corresponded with Geikie while in this post. After a breakdown in 1893, his wife, Susan, replied to Geikie's letters, thanking him for his support. Early letters concern Geikie's visit to Lesley in 1879. Later letters introduce Henry Carvill Lewis (1853-1888) and WJA Price (fl1886) to Geikie. He also refelcts on the nature of science, religion and life itself.
A Michel Lévy wrote about geological mapping in France
Sir Joseph Norman Lockyer (1836-1920) was secretary to the Royal Commission on Scientific Instruction and the Advancement of Science. He wrote to Geikie in connection with this position, as a member of the Science and Art Department, South Kensington, where he moved after 1875 and as founder and editor of Nature.
Sir Oliver Joseph Lodge (1851-1940) was the first principal of the University of Birmingham and he wrote to Geikie about social matters, a lecture by Geikie and an attempt by the Earl of Portsmouth to join the Royal Society.
GA Le Bel (fl1893) wrote concerning his receipt of the Davy medal from the Royal Society.
George Alexander Louis Lebour (1847-1918) wrote regarding the thermal conductivity of rocks, particularly work done by Edward Forbes (1815-1854) and Sir William Thomson (1824-1907)
Arthur Lennox (fl1869-1875) wrote on a number of professional and social matters, including arranging to visit Geikie, mentioning his own travels in Europe and arranging an introduction by Geikie to the publisher Macmillan. He was to be proposed by the Duke of Richmond for the post of Inspector of Science and Art Schools, if he could provide suitable testimonials, and asked Geikie for one. By 1875 he was writing from the Council on Education at the South Kensington Museum. He also discussed an article he had published in the Times and problems relating to it.
J Peter Lesley (1819-1903) was the state geologist in charge of the Second Geological Survey of Pennsylvannia and corresponded with Geikie while in this post. After a breakdown in 1893, his wife, Susan, replied to Geikie's letters, thanking him for his support. Early letters concern Geikie's visit to Lesley in 1879. Later letters introduce Henry Carvill Lewis (1853-1888) and WJA Price (fl1886) to Geikie. He also refelcts on the nature of science, religion and life itself.
A Michel Lévy wrote about geological mapping in France
Sir Joseph Norman Lockyer (1836-1920) was secretary to the Royal Commission on Scientific Instruction and the Advancement of Science. He wrote to Geikie in connection with this position, as a member of the Science and Art Department, South Kensington, where he moved after 1875 and as founder and editor of Nature.
Sir Oliver Joseph Lodge (1851-1940) was the first principal of the University of Birmingham and he wrote to Geikie about social matters, a lecture by Geikie and an attempt by the Earl of Portsmouth to join the Royal Society.
Extent
From the Fonds: 2 metres
Physical Description
36 letters None which affect the use of this material
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Grant Buttars 07 January 2002
- Authors and Publishers
- Education
- Employment References
- Europe
- Forbes, Edward, 1815-1854 (Manx naturalist | Professor of Natural History, University of Edinburgh 1854)
- France
- Geikie, Archibald, Sir, 28 December 1835 – 10 November 1924 (Professor of Geology, University of Edinburgh)
- Geological Mapping
- Geological Surveys
- Gordon-Lennox, Charles Henry, 6th Duke of Richmond and 1st Duke of Gordon
- Le Bel, GA, fl1893 (French chemist)
- Lebour, George Alexander Louis, 1847-1918 (geologist and curator of the Natural History Museum, Newcastle-upon-Tyne)
- Lennox, Arthur, fl1869-1875 (Inspector of Science and Art Schools)
- Lesley, J Peter, 1819-1903 (American geologist)
- Lesley, Susan Inches, 1823-: (wife of J Peter Lesley)
- Lewis, Henry Carvill, 1853-1888 (American geologist and educator)
- Life
- Lockyer, Sir Joseph Norman, 1836-1920 (astronomer)
- Mental Illness
- Nature
- Price, WJA, fl1886 (Scranton (Pennsylvania, United States))
- Privy Council on Education (1839-1899)
- Professional Interaction
- Quality Control
- Religion
- Rocks, Thermal Properties
- Royal Commission on Scientific Instruction and the Advancement of Science (fl1870-1875)
- Royal Society (c1645-:) (scientific society)
- Science
- Second Geological Survey of Pennsylvannia (1874-1899)
- Social Interaction
- South Kensington Museum (1857-1909)
- Testimonials
- The Times (c1787-:)
- Thomson, Sir William, 1824-1907 (1st Baron Kelvin | mathematical physicist and Professor of Natural Philosophy, University of Glasgow 1846-1899)
- Travel
- University of Birmingham (1900-:)
- Wallop, Newton, 1856-1917 (6th Earl of Portsmouth)
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