Letter to Sir Archibald Geikie from Alexander MacMillan, 16 February 1860
Item
Identifier: Coll-74/11/3/27
Scope and Contents
Letter to Sir Archibald Geikie from Alexander MacMillan telling him that he will publish the proposed biography of Edward Forbes despite possible opposition from Joseph Beete Jukes and Emily M Yelverton.
Dates
- 16 February 1860
Creator
Language of Materials
English
Physical Description
1 letter
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From the Fonds: 2 metres
Physical Description
1 letter
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Sarah Higgins 18 December 2000
- Biography
- Forbes, Edward, 1815-1854 (Manx naturalist | Professor of Natural History, University of Edinburgh 1854)
- Geikie, Archibald, Sir, 28 December 1835 – 10 November 1924 (Professor of Geology, University of Edinburgh)
- Jukes, 1811-1869 (director of the Geological Survey of Ireland)
- MacMillan, Alexander, 1815-1896 (publisher)
- Yelverton, Emily M, fl1860 (widow of Edward Forbes)
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Edinburgh EH8 9LJ Scotland
+44(0)131 650 8379
heritagecollections@ed.ac.uk