Lyell, Sir Charles, 1797-1875 (1st Baronet | Scottish geologist) -- correspondence to
Subject
Subject Source: Local sources
Scope Note: Correspondence sent to Sir Charles Lyell
Found in 8 Collections and/or Records:
Bunsen, Christian Frh. Von, 5 August 1858; 25 January; 1 September [no year]
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Identifier: Coll-1989/8
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1. Autograph letter signed from Christian von Bunsen to Leornard Horner, dated 5 August 1858: "Welcome in Germany! I was afraid you had gone to Hekekiah and Sesustesen instead of my dear country, and am happy to know you so near. You threaten to overthrow the balance of the minor states however, by all settling in such numbers in one Dukedom only: and as I ever not wish you to separate, we might hope you would put up headquarters for a week or two at Heidelberg where there are plenty of...
Dates:
5 August 1858; 25 January; 1 September [no year]
Howard, George, 30 June 1840, 10 January 1851
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Identifier: Coll-1989/32
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1. Autograph letter signed ("Morpeth") from William George Howard, 8th Earl of Carlisle to Leonard Horner, dated 30 June 1840, Castle Howard [North Yorkshire]: "I am afraid my answer cannot be quite as definite as you might wish. My Father does not seem to remember very well whether he wrote the inscription entirely, but he says he certainly was concerned in the composition, which may have been arranged with other co-adjutors at Holland House [...]".2. Autograph letter signed...
Dates:
30 June 1840, 10 January 1851
Letter from Haidinger, W., to Charles Lyell, 30 August 1864
File — Box Box 3.2: Series Coll-203/B1
Identifier: Coll-203/B1/50
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This letter has no summary. Haidinger writes to Lyell from Dornbach, Vienna. First, he thanks Lyell for the invitation he received for the meeting of the British Association for the Advancement of Science in Bath, which was in September 1864, where Lyell delivered the presidential address. He also congratulates Lyell on being given the title of Baronet by the British crown, which he received earlier this same year. Haidinger mentions his own work at the Imperial Geological Institute....
Dates:
30 August 1864
Letters from Hartmann, Carl Friedrich Alexander to Charles Lyell, 10 August 1832 - 10 August 1839
File — Box Box 1.6: Series Coll-203/1 (Lyell 1)
Identifier: Coll-203/1/121
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Hartmann was the German translator of Principles of Geology. Correspondence includes sketches and drawings and relates to the translation of Principles; the death of Friedrich Hoffmann; and the translation of Elements.
Dates:
10 August 1832 - 10 August 1839
Letters from Logan, Sir William Edmond to Charles Lyell, 10 January 1853
File — Box Box 1.9: Series Coll-203/1 (Lyell 1)
Identifier: Coll-203/1/168
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Summarised as 'Logan on his section of S[outh]. Joggins where printed [recieved by Lyell] 6 Feb[ruary]1853'. This letter is about selected papers that Logan suggests; people who he has sent those papers to; as well as fossil specimens he has sent to De La Beche and others.
Dates:
10 January 1853
Letters from Lubbock, Sir John to Charles Lyell, 26 February 1835 - 29 May 1865
File — Box Box 1.9: Series Coll-203/1 (Lyell 1)
Identifier: Coll-203/1/172
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Letters summarised as: Slow progress of Australians & negros - egro, miocene man may have been all but stationary; Lake Prasias & Takinor - Nile Valley elevations; Horner's Egyptian; Lubbock presscutting in Reader, answer to Sharpe's objection to Horner's Nile mud Chronometer, Statue of Rameses; Lubbock, reference in Antiquity of Man to his paper on Danish mounds and notes for my answer [includes Lyell's own notes - finished by Buckley, on Antiquity of Man, and his defence on...
Dates:
26 February 1835 - 29 May 1865
Miscellaneous letters K-Z, 1838-1886
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Identifier: Coll-203/B2/2
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Continuing series of letters addressed to Charles Lyell, Lady Mary Lyell, Katharine Lyell and other recipients:
'K' 19 March 1838, from William [Hamilton?] at the Athenaeum, to Charles Lyell relating to the membership of actor, Charles Kean
'L' 9 February 1850 to Charles Lyell from de Lhuys, accepting dinner invitation
'M' Undated letter from HH Milman...
Dates:
1838-1886
Tindal, Nicholas Conyngham, 11 March 1838; 7 February [no year].
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Identifier: Coll-1989/68
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1. Autograph letter signed from Nicholas Tindal to Sir Charles Lyell, dated 11 March 1838, Bedford Square [London]: "I am sorry we missed each other, when we must both have called for the same purpose. I send you my proxy paper for the Yorkshire Schools, properly signed by me; but I will trouble you to put in the name of the proxy, and also the proper figure apart the boys name; for there is something a little obscure in the two last lines of the N. B. which I had rather leave to the...
Dates:
11 March 1838; 7 February [no year].