Letter to Sir Archibald Geikie from John Hutton Balfour, 27 June 1879
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Identifier: Coll-74/11/8/9
Scope and Contents
Letter to Sir Archibald Geikie from John Hutton Balfour telling him that he has been awarded the Macdougall-Brisbane prize by the Royal Society [of Edinburgh] for his memoir on the old red sandstone of western Europe which was published in the Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society [of Edinburgh] in 1877-1878. The prize will be announced at the Society's meeting on the 07 July 1879 and awarded at the year's concluding meeting on 21 July 1879.
Dates
- 27 June 1879
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Language of Materials
English
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1 letter
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From the Fonds: 2 metres
Physical Description
1 letter
Processing Information
possible bibliographic reference:
Geikie, Archibald: Transactions of the Royal Society of Edinburgh 1877-1878: Old Red Sandstone
Geikie, Archibald: Transactions of the Royal Society of Edinburgh 1877-1878: Old Red Sandstone
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Sarah Higgins 11 September 2001
- Balfour, John Hutton, 1808-1884 (professor of botany, University of Glasgow and University of Edinburgh)
- Geikie, Archibald, Sir, 28 December 1835 – 10 November 1924 (Professor of Geology, University of Edinburgh)
- Old Red Sandstone
- Prize Giving
- Prizes
- Professional Recognition
- Royal Society of Edinburgh (1783-:)
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