Letter to Sir Archibald Geikie from Henry William Bristow, 18 May 1875
Item
Identifier: Coll-74/11/8/66
Scope and Contents
Letter to Sir Archibald Geikie from Henry William Bristow thanking him for his gift of a copy of his work Life of Sir Roderick I. Murchison, Bart. : based on his journals and letters with notices of his scientific contemporaries and a sketch of the rise and growth of Palaeozoic geology in Britain, ( 1875) . He hopes that the publication will not reopen the historical controversy between Sir Roderick Impey Murchison and Adam Sedgwick.
Dates
- Creation: 18 May 1875
Creator
Language of Materials
English
Full Extent
From the Fonds: 2 metres
Physical Description
1 letter
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Sarah Higgins 26 June 2001
Subject
- Bristow, Henry William, 1817-1889 (geologist) (Person)
- Geikie, Archibald, Sir, 28 December 1835 – 10 November 1924 (Professor of Geology, University of Edinburgh) (Person)
- Murchison, Sir Roderick Impey, 1792-1871 (1st Baronet | Scottish geologist) (Person)
- Sedgwick, Adam, 1785-1873 (geologist and professor of geology, University of Cambridge) (Person)
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