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Correspondence: Sir Arthur William Rücker to James Smith, 1863-1900

 Sub-Series
Identifier: Coll-74/12/19

Scope and Contents

The Correspondence: Sir Arthur William Rücker to James Smith sub-series consists of:

  1. 34 letters, alphabetically arranged (1863/1900)

Dates

  • Creation: 1863-1900

Creator

Language of Materials

English

Physical Description

34 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:

Sir Arthur William Rücker (1848-1915) asked Geikie's advice on preparatory schools. He related work he had done on magnetic fields with Dr Thorpe and asked about granite in Scotland.

John William Salter (1820-1869) wrote during work and retirement relating his work and personal life philisophically. He mentioned his paper on Old Red Sandstone he had written (1863).

Dukinfield Henry Scott (1854-1934) wrote to ask Geikie's opinion of a fossil found on Mull by Sir William Turner Thiselton-Dyer (1843-1928).

Robert Henry Scott (1833-1916) wrote regarding the supply of maps to Geike from the Meteorological Office.

John Scouler (1804-1871) wrote on the subject of tusks and informed Geikie of some findings which had been made by a Dr Cooper. He also related other findings.

John Campbell Shairp (1819-1885) wanted Geikie to write something for the Scotsman on Life and letters of James David Forbes, F.R.S. , ( 1873) , which had just been published. Geikie was also to be reviewing it for Blackwoods Magazine.

Harriman Skae (fl1872-1879) worked for the Geological Survey in Scotland and wrote about work he was doing in various parts of the country.

Sydney Barber Josiah Skertchly (1850-1926) wrote concerning books he had published on geology and physical geography.

James Smith (1782-1867) specialised in glacial questions and wrote to Geikie on the subject of glacial deposits and to offer his assistance to Geikie's brother, James Geikie (1839-1915)

Extent

From the Fonds: 2 metres

Physical Description

34 letters None which affect the use of this material

Processing Information

None

Processing Information

Grant Buttars 13 December 2001

Repository Details

Part of the University of Edinburgh Library Heritage Collections Repository

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