Biography
Found in 50 Collections and/or Records:
Letter to Sir Archibald Geikie from Alexander MacMillan, 31 October 1860
Letter to Sir Archibald Geikie from Alexander MacMillan telling him that John Van Voorst will send him copies of Edward Forbes introductory lectures at King's College. He tells him that the printer, Thomas Constable is unable to produce a reliable estimate until the final length of the book ['Memoirs of Edward Forbes'] is decided.
Letter to Sir Archibald Geikie from Alexander MacMillan, 10 November 1860
Letter to Sir Archibald Geikie from Alexander MacMillan asking for confirmation that he has received copies of Edward Forbes introductory lectures at King's College from John Van Voorst and urging him to liaise with Sir Andrew Crombie Ramsay and Joseph Beete Jukes concerning which of Edward Forbes' own drawing to include in his biography.
Letter to Sir Archibald Geikie from Alexander MacMillan, 24 November 1860
Letter to Sir Archibald Geikie from Alexander MacMillan enclosing a letter from James Scott Bowerbank, confirming that he will lend [some manuscripts] and aspiring that they will be available by Saturday for a visit from Thomas Henry Huxley. There are also instructions from Jessie Aitken Wilson concerning the revision of portions [of 'Memoirs of Edward Forbes'] written by her brother George Wilson.
Letter to Sir Archibald Geikie from Alexander MacMillan, 28 November 1860
Letter to Sir Archibald Geikie from Alexander MacMillan telling him that sketches have arrived from James Scott Bowerbank and that the final choice will be made with the help of Thomas Henry Huxley. He advises Geikie that he has been in further contact with Jessie Aitken Wilson who is concerned that her brother [George Wilson]'s portion [of 'Memoirs of Edward Forbes'] should not be edited.
Letter to Sir Archibald Geikie from Alexander MacMillan, 07 December 1860
Letter to Sir Archibald Geikie from Alexander MacMillan, 14 December 1860
Letter to Sir Archibald Geikie from Alexander MacMillan concerning the layout of 'Memoirs of Edward Forbes' and asking him to remind Thomas Henry Huxley that he had promised to write a forward to the book.
Letter to Sir Archibald Geikie from Alexander MacMillan, 19 June 1861
Letter to Sir Archibald Geikie from Alexander MacMillan lamenting the slow sales of his book 'Memoirs of Edward Forbes' and suggesting this is due to the popularity of "the Gorilla book", [3rd edition Charles Robert Darwin's Origin of the Species].
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.