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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 434 Collections and/or Records:

Letters from Bayfield, Henry Wolsey to Charles Lyell, 4 May 1834 - 24 February 1867

 File — Box Box 1.1: Series Coll-203/1 (Lyell 1)
Identifier: Coll-203/1/13
Scope and Contents Summarised by Lyell as 1) Captain Bayfield. Cliffs of sand and clay of Lake Erie 2) transport of rocks by icebergs etc. fossils of Beaufort formation 3) Boulders 4) mingling of Tert[iary]and Recent shells - ballast with fossils from English strata thrown into St. Lawrence. Recent and Tert[iary] shells sent home. Boulders 5) List of Genera (according to Lamarck) found by Captain Bayfield in the Gulf and River St Lawrence 6) Contortion in sand hills carried by...
Dates: 4 May 1834 - 24 February 1867

Letters from Beaumont, Gustave de, to Charles Lyell, 19th century

 File — Box Box 3.1: Series Coll-203/B1
Identifier: Coll-203/B1/9
Scope and Contents

Two letters in French, addressed from Nutford House and 10 Devonshire Street.

Dates: 19th century

Letters from Beck, Henrik Henriksen to Charles Lyell, 1837

 File — Box Box 1.1: Series Coll-203/1 (Lyell 1)
Identifier: Coll-203/1/14
Scope and Contents

Dr Beck on Recent & Fossil Conchology – Copenhagen 1837. Geography of Shells
Notes from Henrik Henriksen Beck listing common Genera of marine animals by geographical zones. In these notes, Beck mainly lists mollusks in the Arctic Sea. Other zones such as the Atlantic Sea and the northern hemisphere are also featured in the list.

Dates: 1837

Letters from Beckles, Samuel Husbands to Charles Lyell, 25 December 1856 - 13 July 1857

 File — Box Box 1.1: Series Coll-203/1 (Lyell 1)
Identifier: Coll-203/1/15
Scope and Contents

Summarised by Lyell as:
1) Purbeck Oolite
2) Purbeck Dirt bed - December 12th day of finding the fossil mammal's jaw.

Dates: 25 December 1856 - 13 July 1857

Letters from Bell, Lady Marian, to Charles Lyell, 26 June 1873 - February 1877

 File — Box Box 3.1: Series Coll-203/B1
Identifier: Coll-203/B1/10
Scope and Contents

Condolences on the death of Mary E. Lyell. An account copied from Lady Bell's notebook titled ''Sir Charles and Lady Lyell'. Gives her account of meeting Lyell saying 'Mrs Somerville she introduced to us Charles Lyell as a 'very promising youth from Oxford'. We met often afterwards at Leonard Horner's- Geology was then their common pursuit".

Dates: 26 June 1873 - February 1877

Letters from Belt, Thomas to Charles Lyell, 1 February 1874 - 29 March 1874

 File — Box Box 1.1: Series Coll-203/1 (Lyell 1)
Identifier: Coll-203/1/16
Scope and Contents

Summarised by Lyell as:
1) Priority as to division of Upper and Lower Cambrian
2) Ice Scooping of Lakes
3) Talk with Jamieson on Glacial Periods and thanks for [book] Students Elements
4) On Geikies Ice Age.

Dates: 1 February 1874 - 29 March 1874

Letters from Berthelot, Sabin to Charles Lyell, 12 February 1857

 File — Box Box 1.1: Series Coll-203/1 (Lyell 1)
Identifier: Coll-203/1/17
Scope and Contents

On Helix Tiarella and habitats of other land shells published as from [?] Canaries.

Dates: 12 February 1857

Letters from Bertrand de Doue, Jacques-Mathieu to Charles Lyell, 16 December 1836 - 23 September 1859

 File — Box Box 1.1: Series Coll-203/1 (Lyell 1)
Identifier: Coll-203/1/18
Scope and Contents

Letters relating to the Fossil Man of St Denise sent to Lyell, summarised as:
1) Fossils of Freshwater in Velay [Caymans?] Anthracotheriinae in wood dilat:. ruminants etc.
2) Coloured hand drawn map showing locations around Denise.

Dates: 16 December 1836 - 23 September 1859

Letters from Beyrich, Heinrich Ernst to Charles Lyell, May 1857- 1859

 File — Box Box 1.1: Series Coll-203/1 (Lyell 1)
Identifier: Coll-203/1/19
Scope and Contents

Original letter in German with English translation. Original summary is "Beyrich May 1857 criticisms on supplement Barrande's Colonies".

Dates: May 1857- 1859

Letters from Binkhorst J.T. to Charles Lyell, 23 July 1860 - 1861

 File — Box Box 1.1: Series Coll-203/1 (Lyell 1)
Identifier: Coll-203/1/20
Scope and Contents

Summarised by Lyell as:
1) Loess Fossil Man Caves of Meuse [Belgium]. Folio 286 is a map of the site
2) Leyden Coberg Human jaw Crahayes [sic] report
3) Maestricht human skulls
4) On cave-bones etc. 1860-1.

Dates: 23 July 1860 - 1861