Letters from Brodie W.R. to Charles Lyell, 26 December 1868

Lyell summarises the letter as "Brodie- dirt bed fossils". The letter relates to Brodie's private collection of fossils and his contribution to the field of geological science. Richard Owen is referred to. Brodie informs Lyell of his disappointment about the lack of recognition given to him for his work. In Owen's publication 'On some Fossil Reptilian and Mammalian Remains from the Purbecks' Quarterly Jounral of hte Geological Society volume 10 pages 420-433 Owen reports on fossil remains "kindly transmitted for my examination by W. R. Brodie, Esq., and Charles Willcox, Esq., of Swanage, by whom they were discovered—the mammalian fossils exclusively by Mr. Brodie—in certain members of the Purbeck formation at Durdlestone Bay, near that town".