Letter to Sir Archibald Geikie from Alexander MacMillan, 15 October 1860
Item
Identifier: Coll-74/11/3/34
Scope and Contents
Letter to Sir Archibald Geikie from Alexander MacMillan forwarding some material from Joseph Beete Jukes with permission to use it [in 'Memoirs of Edward Forbes']. Alexander MacMillan agrees to the use of a portrait of [Edward Forbes] taken by Antoine Francois Jean Claudet as soon as he has heard from Emily M Yelverton.
Dates
- Creation: 15 October 1860
Creator
Language of Materials
English
Physical Description
1 letter
Extent
From the Fonds: 2 metres
Physical Description
1 letter
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Sarah Higgins 18 December 2000
Creator
Subject
- Claudet, 1797-1867 (photographer) (Person)
- Forbes, Edward, 1815-1854 (Manx naturalist | Professor of Natural History, University of Edinburgh 1854) (Person)
- Geikie, Archibald, Sir, 28 December 1835 – 10 November 1924 (Professor of Geology, University of Edinburgh) (Person)
- Jukes, 1811-1869 (director of the Geological Survey of Ireland) (Person)
- MacMillan, Alexander, 1815-1896 (publisher) (Person)
- Yelverton, Emily M, fl1860 (widow of Edward Forbes) (Person)
Repository Details
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