Biography
Found in 406 Collections and/or Records:
Letter to Sir Archibald Geikie from Edmonston and Douglas, 19 June 1861
Letter to Sir Archibald Geikie from Edmonston and Douglas handing him a list of persons to whom a presentation copy of Memoir of Edward Forbes, ( 1861) have been sent.
Letter to Sir Archibald Geikie from Edward Best, 10 June 1861
Letter to Sir Archibald Geikie from Edward Best regarding his recent publication and a fracas concerning the use of sensitive personal letters which were lent to him in confidence.
Letter to Sir Archibald Geikie from George Thomas Bettany, 20 March 1891
Letter to Sir Archibald Geikie from George Thomas Bettany enclosing a copy of a biography of Geikie which he has written for the Echo Portrait Gallery. He reminds Geikie that he wrote one on Edward Forbes for the Dictionary of National Biography.
Letter to Sir Archibald Geikie from Henry Walter Bates, 31 October 1874
Letter to Sir Archibald Geikie from Henry Walter Bates telling Geikie that has sent him a copy of an address by Sir Henry Rawlinson (not attached) which will give him information concerning Sir Roderick Impey Murchison's connection with the Royal Geographical Society. He gives an additional reference and promises further information will follow.
Letter to Sir Archibald Geikie from Henry William Bristow, 09 June 1861
Letter to Sir Archibald Geikie from Henry William Bristow thanking Geikie for his gift of a copy of Memoir of Edward Forbes, FRS, ( 1861) and praising the content.
Letter to Sir Archibald Geikie from Henry William Bristow, 18 May 1875
Letter to Sir Archibald Geikie from Henry William Bristow thanking him for his gift of a copy of his work Life of Sir Roderick I. Murchison, Bart. : based on his journals and letters with notices of his scientific contemporaries and a sketch of the rise and growth of Palaeozoic geology in Britain, ( 1875) . He hopes that the publication will not reopen the historical controversy between Sir Roderick Impey Murchison and Adam Sedgwick.
Letter to Sir Archibald Geikie from James Brotherstone Laughton, 02 July 1861
Letter to Sir Archibald Geikie from James Brotherstone Laughton introducing himself as the only remaining member of the Oineromathic Club, suggesting the publication of some poems by Edward Forbes, and offering some for this purpose.
Letter to Sir Archibald Geikie from Jessie Aitken Wilson, 24 January 1860
Letter to Sir Archibald Geikie from Jessie Aitken Wilson concerning the ownership of letters which her late brother George Wilson had borrowed as background material for the 'Memoirs of Edward Forbes'. She suggests writing to the owners to let them know that she has transferred them to Sir Archibald Geikie, and writes a detailed action list. She discusses the health of Sir Andrew Crombie Ramsay and her dislike of Emily M Yelverton.
Letter to Sir Archibald Geikie from Jessie Aitken Wilson, 30 January 1860
Letter to Sir Archibald Geikie from Jessie Aitken Wilson enclosing a letter from Emily M Yelverton (not attached) which places obstacles in the way of the completion of 'Memoirs of Edward Forbes'. A discussion follows concerning the intellectual ownership of personal letters which are to be used as source material and possible methods of pacifying Emily M Yelverton.
Letter to Sir Archibald Geikie from Jessie Aitken Wilson, 03 August 1860
Letter to Sir Archibald Geikie from Jessie Aitken Wilson enclosing part of her brother George Wilson's unfinished 'Memoir of Edward Forbes' (not attached). She suggests some people who might be able to provide information concerning the Edward Forbes' period of residence in Paris.