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 3 Collections and/or Records:
Letter from Woodward, S.P., to Charles Lyell, 8 July 1856
File — Box Box 3.4: Series Coll-203/B1
Identifier: Coll-203/B1/103
Scope and Contents
Letter containing extract from the Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London - 'On the Land and Freshwater Shells of Kashmir and Tibet, collected by Dr. T. Thomson'.
Dates:
8 July 1856
Letters from Woodward, Samuel Pickworth to Charles Lyell, November 1851 - 15 February 186
File — Box Box 1.14: Series Coll-203/1 (Lyell 1); Series Coll-203/1B
Identifier: Coll-203/1/302
Scope and Contents
Correspondence about species sent to the British Museum.
Dates:
November 1851 - 15 February 186
Lowell Lectures, Boston, 19 October 1852 - 26 November 1852
File
Identifier: Coll-203/B14/15
Scope and Contents
Since Lyell's last visit to the US, Louis Agassiz had given a series of Lowell Lectures in Autumn 1846, which Lyell had nominated him for, and Lyell had been invited by Prince Albert to join the Royal Commission for the Great Exhibition, held in Crystal Palace. Lowell travelled from Boston to London, and engaged Lyell to present yet another course of Lowell lectures in Autumn 1852.
Lyell had given six lectures at Royal Institution (4 of which dealt with American Geology). His new...
Dates:
19 October 1852 - 26 November 1852