Letter to Sir Archibald Geikie from Capt Clarence Edward Dutton, 03 May 1882
Item
Identifier: Coll-74/11/5/10
Scope and Contents
Letter to Sir Archibald Geikie from Capt Clarence Edward Dutton telling Geikie that he has declined the invitation from the journal Nature to review Geikie's forthcoming publications, as he will shortly be leaving for the Sandwich Islands (now Hawaii) to do field work in preparation for a systematic study of the volcanic fields of California and Oregon. He recommends his colleague Grove Karl Gilbert for the task and asks Geikie if he will review his new monograph Tertiary History of the Grand Canyon District, ( 1882). .
Dates
- Creation: 03 May 1882
Creator
- Dutton, Capt Clarence Edward, 1841?1912 (American geologist, United States Geological Survey) (Person)
Language of Materials
English
Full Extent
From the Fonds: 2 metres
Physical Description
1 letter
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None
Processing Information
Sarah Higgins 27 August 2001
Subject
- Dutton, Capt Clarence Edward, 1841?1912 (American geologist, United States Geological Survey) (Person)
- Geikie, Archibald, Sir, 28 December 1835 – 10 November 1924 (Professor of Geology, University of Edinburgh) (Person)
- Gilbert, Grove Karl, 1843-1918 (American geologist) (Person)
- United States Geological Survey (Organization)
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