Saint-Acheul, France
Subject
Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
Found in 2 Collections and/or Records:
Letters from Evans John, to Charles Lyell, 17 May 1862-18 October 1872
File — Box Box 1.4: Series Coll-203/1 (Lyell 1)
Identifier: Coll-203/1/75
Scope and Contents
This series is split into 5 folders, and Lyell summarises the letters as:
Folder 1
1) 'Evans, ice-chisels-difference of weapons at St Acheul & Abbeville'
2) 'Evans, J. Stan hatchet Northhmptn, Sept 27 1862' Includes a drawing of the tool
3) 'Evans, John Jaw & teeth of Archaeopteryx, Jan 16 1863'
4) 'Evans, John Feb 18 1863, Errata 'Antiquity of Man' flint tools & Icklingham'
5) Summerhouse Hill hatchet, sketch of, [includes] Wyatt's...
Dates:
17 May 1862-18 October 1872
Notebook No.244, 23 July 1860 - 1 November 1860
Item — Box Lyell-temp-box 9: Series Coll-203/A1
Identifier: Coll-203/A1/244
Scope and Contents
Teal coloured leather Notebook documents Lyell’s travels from Liege to Bonn, Weimar to London. During this time, he is preparing the manuscript for his ‘The Antiquity of Man’. The research in this Notebook significantly changes his plans for the manuscript. The importance of this Notebook is highlighted by Claudine Cohen in the article ‘Charles Lyell and the evidences of the Antiquity of Man’ published 1998. Transcription note The following...
Dates:
23 July 1860 - 1 November 1860