Biography
Subject
Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
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Found in 406 Collections and/or Records:
Correspondence from Sir Francis Darwin, 1884-1887
Sub-Series
Identifier: Coll-74/11/13
Scope and Contents
The Correspondence from Sir Francis Darwin sub-series consists of:
- 13 letters, the bulk dated 1884-1887 and arranged chronologically
Dates:
1884-1887
Correspondence: Joseph Wilson Lowry to HR Mill, 1839-1909
Sub-Series
Identifier: Coll-74/12/14
Scope and Contents
The Correspondence: Joseph Wilson Lowry to HR Mill sub-series consists of:
- 35 letters, alphabetically arranged (1839-1909)
Dates:
1839-1909
Correspondence of Sir Archibald Geikie: Canadian geologists, 1872-1900
Sub-Series
Identifier: Coll-74/13/4
Scope and Contents
The Correspondence of Sir Archibald Geikie: Canadian geologists sub-series consists of:
- 50 letters, alphabetically arranged (1872-1900)
Dates:
1872-1900
Correspondence of Sir Roderick Impey Murchison, 1827-1871
Series
Identifier: Coll-74/10
Scope and Contents
The Correspondence of Sir Roderick Impey Murchison series consists of:
letters from Murchison to his wife, 1854 and 1857
miscellaneous correspondence and notes (including letters to Sir Archibald Geikie) 1831-1871
correspondence relating to Murchison's dispute with Adam Sedgwick regarding Silurian classification 1838 and 1852-1866
assorted...
Dates:
1827-1871
Correspondence: Sir Arthur William Rücker to James Smith, 1863-1900
Sub-Series
Identifier: Coll-74/12/19
Scope and Contents
The Correspondence: Sir Arthur William Rücker to James Smith sub-series consists of:
- 34 letters, alphabetically arranged (1863/1900)
Dates:
1863-1900
Correspondence to Sir Archibald Geikie: FW Egan to John Evans, 1866-1900
Sub-Series
Identifier: Coll-74/11/16
Scope and Contents
The Correspondence to Sir Archibald Geikie: FW Egan to John Evans sub-series consists of:
2 letters from FW Egan (1897-1900)
5 letters from Sir Philip De Malpas Grey Egerton (1871-1875)
4 letters from the Earl of Enniskillen (1884-1896)
9 letters from Robert Etheridge snr. (1869-1879)
2 letters from Robert Etheridge jnr....
Dates:
1866-1900
Correspondence to Sir Archibald Geikie: Robert Harkness to Francis John Haverfield, 1872-1915
Sub-Series
Identifier: Coll-74/11/22
Scope and Contents
The Correspondence to Sir Archibald Geikie: Robert Harkness to Francis John Haverfield sub-series consists of:
- 18 letters, alphabetically arranged (1872-1915)
Dates:
1872-1915
'Dr Andrew Duncan', 20th century
Item
Identifier: LHB7/11/28
Scope and Contents
'Dr Andrew Duncan in 1797'. Printed caption for portrait, mounted on two pieces of card. Some biographical information.
Dates:
20th century
Dr Joseph Black: A Centenary Memorial Sketch, 1899
Item
Identifier: Coll-16/XIII
Scope and Contents
Newscutting (09 December 1899) of an article written by Leonard Dobbin for The Chemist and Druggist, ( 09 December 1899) to mark the centenary of Black's death.
Dates:
1899
Extract of a diary written by Alexander Carmichael including part of a journey from Uibhist/Uist [to Edinburgh], 6 January 1872 to 10 January 1872
Item
Identifier: Coll-97/CW126f/93
Scope and Contents
Extract of a diary written by Alexander Carmichael including part of a journey from Uibhist/Uist towards Edinburgh. In it, Carmichael is pining for his pregnant wife Mary, who is in Edinburgh and is anxious about her health. It is clear that there has been a lack of correspondence between them causing each of them distress 'No letter no watch. God grant that she is well. Oh Mary Mary if you knew my suffer[in]g you would not thus treat me...God grant y[ou]r safe arriv[al] home my darling wife...
Dates:
6 January 1872 to 10 January 1872