Letter to Sir Archibald Geikie from Jessie Aitken Wilson, 26 January 1860
Item
Identifier: Coll-74/11/3/56
Scope and Contents
Letter to Sir Archibald Geikie from Jessie Aitken Wilson telling him that she has written to various people concerning the continued use of letters which were lent for the compilation of the 'Memoirs of Edward Forbes'. She informs him of the death of Captain Graves and encloses papers from Peter Colin Campbell (not attached).
Dates
- Creation: 26 January 1860
Creator
- Wilson, Jessie Aitken, fl.1860 (fiction writer, sister of George Wilson, wife of James Sime) (Person)
Language of Materials
English
Physical Description
1 letter
Extent
From the Fonds: 2 metres
Physical Description
1 letter
Processing Information
None
Processing Information
Sarah Higgins 21 December 2000
Creator
- Wilson, Jessie Aitken, fl.1860 (fiction writer, sister of George Wilson, wife of James Sime) (Person)
Subject
- Balfour, John Hutton, 1808-1884 (professor of botany, University of Glasgow and University of Edinburgh) (Person)
- Campbell, Peter Colin, 1810-1876 (first principal, University of Aberdeen) (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)
- MacMillan, Alexander, 1815-1896 (publisher) (Person)
- Paterson, Robert, 1802-1872 (president, Natural History Society of Belfast) (Person)
- Voorst, John Van, fl1863 (publisher) (Person)
- Wilson, Jessie Aitken, fl.1860 (fiction writer, sister of George Wilson, wife of James Sime) (Person)
Repository Details
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