Correspondence of Sir Charles Lyell, Hi-J, 1839-1864
Sub-Series — Multiple Containers
Identifier: Coll-203/1 folio(s) 2530-3154
Scope and Contents
Correspondence of Sir Charles Lyell, Hi-J consists of:
- letters from colleagues and acquaintances including fellow scientists such as Henry Hicks, David Milne Home, Sir Henry James and Thomas Horsfield and colleagues from further afield such as the american scientists Eugene Woldemar Hilgard, Julius Erasmus Hilgard, Edward Hitchcock and Canadian chemist, Thomas Sterry Hunt (1839-1864).
Dates
- 1839-1864
Creator
Language of Materials
English
Biographical / Historical
The correspondence of Sir Charles Lyell is arranged in alphabetical order and includes letters from colleagues and acquaintances from around the world.
Extent
2 box
Arrangement
Letters are curently numbered by folio and these numbers continue from the previous sub-series and on to the next.
Archivist's Note
Rachael Third 12 December 2001
- Geology
- Hicks, Henry, 1837-1899 (Welsh geologist and surgeon)
- Hilgard, Eugene Woldemar, 1833-1916 (American agricultural chemist and geologist)
- Hilgard, Julius Erasmus, 1825-1891 (American scientist)
- Hitchcock, Edward, 1793-1864 (American scientist, educator and minister)
- Horsfield, Thomas, 1773-1859 (American physician and naturalist)
- Hunt, Thomas Sterry, 1826-1892 (Canadian chemist)
- James, Sir Henry, 1803-1877 (British Army Officer | Director-General of the Ordnance Survey)
- Lyell, Sir Charles, 1797-1875 (1st Baronet | Scottish geologist)
- Milne-Home, David, 1805-1890 (Scottish advocate, geologist, meteorologist)
- Von Hoff, Karl, 1771-1837 (German geologist)
Repository Details
Part of the Edinburgh University Library Special Collections Repository
Contact:
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Centre for Research Collections
University of Edinburgh Main Library
George Square
Edinburgh EH8 9LJ Scotland
+44(0)131 650 8379
special.collections.library@ed.ac.uk