Correspondence from Emmanuel De Margarie, 1883-1907
Sub-Series
Identifier: Coll-74/12/15
Scope and Contents
The Correspondence from Emmanuel De Margarie sub-series consists of:
- 18 letters, chronologically arranged (1883-1907)
Dates
- 1883-1907
Creator
- De Margerie, Emmanuel, 1862-1953 (Person)
Language of Materials
English
Physical Description
18 letters None which affect the use of this material
Biographical / Historical
Emmanuel De Margarie (1862-1953) was librarian to the Société Géologique de France. He wrote to Sir Archibald Geikie concerning a number of geological and other scientific publications (published by Geikie and others). He commented on research into erosion, particularly the work done by Captain Clarence Edward Dutton (1841-1912) on the Grand Canyon. He also wrote about the 1885 excursion of the Société Géologique de France to which Geike was invited. In 1892 he worked on a field trip with Benajamin Neeve Peach (1842-1926). Other correpondence concerned the work of French geologists and introducing a number of students.
Extent
From the Fonds: 2 metres
Physical Description
18 letters None which affect the use of this material
Processing Information
None
Processing Information
Grant Buttars 04 December 2001
- De Margerie, Emmanuel, 1862-1953
- Dutton, Capt Clarence Edward, 1841?1912 (American geologist, United States Geological Survey)
- Erosion
- France
- Geikie, Archibald, Sir (Professor of Geology, University of Edinburgh)
- Geology, Research
- Grand Canyon (Arizona, United States)
- Peach, Benjamin Neeve, 1842-1926 (geologist)
- Scholarly Publishing
- Scientific expeditions
- Société géologique de France (1830-:) (scientific society)
- Students
Creator
- De Margerie, Emmanuel, 1862-1953 (Person)
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