Letters from Lubbock, Sir John to Charles Lyell, 26 February 1835 - 29 May 1865
File — Box: Box 1.9
Identifier: Coll-203/1/172
Scope and Contents
Letters summarised as: Slow progress of Australians & negros - egro, miocene man may have been all but stationary; Lake Prasias & Takinor - Nile Valley elevations; Horner's Egyptian; Lubbock presscutting in Reader, answer to Sharpe's objection to Horner's Nile mud Chronometer, Statue of Rameses; Lubbock, reference in Antiquity of Man to his paper on Danish mounds and notes for my answer [includes Lyell's own notes - finished by Buckley, on Antiquity of Man, and his defence on inclusions]; Lubbock - Vindication of his note in Prehistoric Times; Lubbock on depth of sea.
Dates
- Creation: 26 February 1835 - 29 May 1865
Creator
- Lubbock, John, Sir (1st Baron Avebury, 4th Baronet), 30 April 1834 – 28 May 1913 (English banker, Liberal politician, philanthropist, scientist and polymath) (Author, Person)
- Horner, Leonard, 1785-1864 (Scottish merchant, geologist and educational reformer) (Person)
Language of Materials
English
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