Correspondence of Sir Archibald Geikie: William Johnson Sollas to WC Trevelyan, 1870-1915
Sub-Series
Identifier: Coll-74/13/8
Scope and Contents
The Correspondence of Sir Archibald Geikie: William Johnson Sollas to WC Trevelyan sub-series includes letters from:
- William Johnson Sollas
- Henry Clifton Sorby
- Eduard Seuss
- William Kirby Sullivan
- Ralph Tate
- Jethro Justinian Harris Teall
- Charles Wyville Thomson
- Ramsay Heatley Traquair
Dates
- Creation: 1870-1915
Creator
Language of Materials
English
Physical Description
92 letters None which affect the use of this material
Biographical / Historical
Sir Archibald Geikie corresponded with a number of people both socially and professionally. William Johnson Sollas (1849-1936) investigated the geology of Tuvalu. The Austrian geologist, Eduard Seuss (1831-1914), was a long time friend to Geikie. William Kirby Sullivan (1821-1890) contributed pieces on chemistry to Geikie's Text-Book of Geology, ( 1882) .
Extent
From the Fonds: 2 metres
Physical Description
92 letters None which affect the use of this material
Processing Information
None
Processing Information
Grant Buttars 11 January 2002
Creator
Subject
- Geikie, Archibald, Sir, 28 December 1835 – 10 November 1924 (Professor of Geology, University of Edinburgh) (Person)
- Sollas, William Johnson, 1849-1936 (professor of geology and palaeontology, University of Oxford) (Person)
- Sorby, Henry Clifton, 1826-1908 (geologist) (Person)
- Suess, Eduard, 1831-1914 (Austrian geologist) (Person)
- Sullivan, William Kirby, 1821-1890 (President of Queen's College, Cork (Ireland)) (Person)
- Tate, Ralph, 1840-1901 (geologist and botanist) (Person)
- Teall, Jethro Justinian, 1849-1924 (geologist) (Person)
- Thomson, Charles Wyville, 1830-1882 (naturalist and professor of natural history, University of Edinburgh) (Person)
- Traquair, Ramsay Heatley, 1840-1912 (geologist and palaeontologist) (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