Letters from Dunker, Dr. Wilhelm and Elise, to Charles Lyell, 17 May 1851 - 26 November 1852
File — Box: Box 1.4
Identifier: Coll-203/1/69
Scope and Contents
Summarised by Lyell as:
1) Dunker presents Palaeontographica
2)[? Phillippa] going to Chili, Dunker sent 2 Journals - Bound of Palaeontogr. on Brown Coal
Wilhelm Dunker founded the journal Palaeontographica in 1846. Letter is written from Elise, Dunker's cousin and wife, in German, to Lyell.
Dates
- Creation: 17 May 1851 - 26 November 1852
Creator
- Dunker, Wilhelm Bernhard Rudolph Hadrian, 1809-1885 (German geologist, palaeontologist and zoologist) (Author, Person)
- Dunker, Elise, fl 1840 (Wife and cousin of Wilhelm Dunker, married in 1840) (Person)
Language of Materials
English
Language of Materials
German
Full Extent
1 folder
Subject
- Lyell, Sir Charles, 1797-1875 (1st Baronet | Scottish geologist) (Recipient, Person)
Repository Details
Part of the University of Edinburgh Library Heritage Collections Repository
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Centre for Research Collections
University of Edinburgh Main Library
George Square
Edinburgh EH8 9LJ Scotland
+44(0)131 650 8379
heritagecollections@ed.ac.uk