Letters from Lyell, Charles to Ramsay, Sir Andrew Crombie, 9 October 1846-26 October 1840
File — Box: Box 1.14
Identifier: Coll-203/1B/26
Scope and Contents
Copy letters, started by another but completed by Lyell, to Ramsay, summarised as 'On denudiation & upheaval of Mendips', 'Ice-erosion', 'Wallace & Hansard E[ast] L[ondon] Museum - L[or]d Gray & Kensington Museum - Borrowing India House specimens' - in which Lyell recommends Wallace for the post of Curator 'in Ethnology & material history & in the art of making the museum a good educational Institution for the working classes'.
Dates
- Creation: 9 October 1846-26 October 1840
Creator
- Lyell, Sir Charles, 1797-1875 (1st Baronet | Scottish geologist) (Author, Person)
Language of Materials
English
Full Extent
5 letters (folio 3914-3930)
Full Extent
2 envelopes
Subject
- Ramsey, Andrew Crombie , 1814-1891 (Scottish Geologist ) (Recipient, Person)
Repository Details
Part of the University of Edinburgh Library Heritage 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
heritagecollections@ed.ac.uk