Letter to Sir Archibald Geikie from John Hutton Balfour, 30 March 1878
Item
Identifier: Coll-74/11/8/8
Scope and Contents
Letter to Sir Archibald Geikie from John Hutton Balfour asking if he can procure an obituary for Professor Robert Harkness for the Royal Society [of Edinburgh]. He arranges to talk about Geikie's paper on metamorphic rocks when they meet.
Dates
- Creation: 30 March 1878
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 11 September 2001
Creator
Subject
- Balfour, John Hutton, 1808-1884 (professor of botany, University of Glasgow and University of Edinburgh) (Person)
- Geikie, Archibald, Sir, 28 December 1835 – 10 November 1924 (Professor of Geology, University of Edinburgh) (Person)
- Harkness, Robert, 1816-1878 (British geologist and zoologist | Professor of Geology, Queen's College Cork) (Person)
- Royal Society of Edinburgh (1783-:) (Organization)
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University of Edinburgh Main Library
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Edinburgh EH8 9LJ Scotland
+44(0)131 650 8379
heritagecollections@ed.ac.uk