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Letterbook of Hugh Miller (1802-1856), geologist and editor of ‘The Witness’

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Identifier: MS MIL1
Scope and Contents MS MIL 1.1Volume containing handwritten holograph copies of 232 letters between Hugh Miller and a number of correspondents from 1825 to 1839. Correspondents include William Ross, John Swanson, George Anderson, Robert Carruthers, Mrs. Dunbar of Boath, the Duke of Wellington, Thomas Dick Lauder, the Very Reverend Principal Baird, and others. There are also a number of poems and a few drawings throughout. Two letters in an envelope to Dr. Mitchell Hunter from Henry...
Dates: 1825-1839; 1995
Found in: New College Library Special Collections

Letters from Charles Kingsley to Archibald Geikie about the effects of ice

 Fonds — Box: CLX-A-837
Identifier: Coll-1164
Scope and Contents

Letter from Kingsley to Archibald Geikie: Eversley 30 November 1868: giving a detailed account of his observations of the effect of ice on the geology of Deeside, Scotland.

Dates: 30 November 1868
Found in: University of Edinburgh Library Heritage Collections

Papers of Dr. John Walker

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Identifier: Coll-205
Scope and Contents

[to be completed]

Dates: 1731-1803
Found in: University of Edinburgh Library Heritage Collections

Papers of Sir Archibald Geikie

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Identifier: Coll-74
Scope and Contents The papers Sir Archibald Geikie consist of: personal, organisational and scientific correspondence geological notebooks with field sketches and water-colours reprints of his work miscellaneous lecture notes student's lecture notes lecture notes and printed maps relating to a visit to Boston proofs for...
Dates: 1851-1921
Found in: University of Edinburgh Library Heritage Collections

Papers of Sir Charles Lyell

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Identifier: Coll-203
Scope and Contents Lyell’s 'Papers' provides a detailed description of several series of archival records, including his correspondence and other documents maintained by him and his team. Purposefully curated to record his work, achievements, and for historical significance, the archive retains Lyell's original organisation where possible, structuring the series accordingly. These papers should be viewed alongside Lyell's publications, notebooks, specimen collection, and offprints, which collectively represent...
Dates: 1806-1874
Found in: University of Edinburgh Library Heritage Collections

Records of the Wernerian Natural History Society

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Identifier: Coll-206
Scope and Contents

The records of the Wernerian Natural History Society consist of:


  1. 2 volumes of Minute Books (January 1808-April 1858)
Dates: 1808-1858
Found in: University of Edinburgh Library Heritage Collections

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Geikie, Archibald, Sir, 28 December 1835 – 10 November 1924 (Professor of Geology, University of Edinburgh) 3
Geological Society of London (1807-:) 2
Hutton, James, 1726-1797 (Scottish geologist) 2
Murchison, Sir Roderick Impey, 1792-1871 (1st Baronet | Scottish geologist) 2
Royal Society (c1645-:) (scientific society) 2
University of Edinburgh (Scottish University) 2
Agriculture Society of Edinburgh 1
Anderson, George, 1802-1878 1
Baird, George Husband, 1761-1840 (minister, Principal of the University of Edinburgh) 1
British Association for the Advancement of Science (1831-:) 1
Buckland, William, 1784-1856 (English theologian, geologist) 1
Cronstedt, Axel Fredrik, 1722-1765 (Swedish chemist) 1
Cullen, William, 1710-1790 (chemist and metalurgist) 1
Darwin, Charles Robert, 1809-1882 (Naturalist) 1
Forbes, Edward, 1815-1854 (Manx naturalist | Professor of Natural History, University of Edinburgh 1854) 1
Geikie, James, 1839-1915 (professor of geology, University of Edinburgh) 1
Geological Survey of Great Britain (1835-:) 1
Highland Society of Scotland 1
Home, Henry, Lord Kames, 1696-1782 (judge and philosopher) 1
Jameson, Robert, 1774-1854 (geologist and professor of natural history, University of Edinburgh) 1
Kingsley, Charles, 1819-1875, Author 1
Lauder, Thomas Dick, Sir, 1784-1848 1
Linnaeus, Carl, 1707-1778 (Swedish taxonomist) 1
Lyell, Sir Charles, 1797-1875 (1st Baronet | Scottish geologist) 1
Miller, Hugh, 1802-1856 (man of letters and geologist) 1
Natural History Society of Edinburgh 1
Ramsay, Sir Andrew Crombie, 1814-1891 (Scottish geologist) 1
Royal Society of Edinburgh (1783-:) 1
University of Edinburgh, Natural History Collection. Natural History Collection (1697-1812) 1
University of London. King's College London (1829-:) 1
Walker, John, 1731-1803 (professor of natural history, University of Edinburgh and clergyman) 1
Wellesley, Arthur, 1st Duke of Wellington 1
Werner, Abraham Gottlob, 1750-1817 (German geologist, inspector and teacher, Freiberg Mining Academy) 1
Wernerian Natural History Society (1808-1858) 1