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:
Letter from Forrest, Robert, to Charles Lyell, 31 August 1870 - 10 September 1870
File — Box Box 3.1: Series Coll-203/B1
Identifier: Coll-203/B1/42
Scope and Contents
Letters relating to Lyell's Kinnordy Estate, written from Lochmill and Kirriemuir. Letter to William Grant by author concerning a 'Summons of Removing' and the re-letting of Lockmill; Concern over the 'Summons of Removing' and offering to up-date the property in return for him and his family being allowed to remain the tenants; Letter to Robert Forrest from William Grant expressing similar terms as in the letter to Lyell; Informing Lyell of the 'Summons of Removing' author served on the...
Dates:
31 August 1870 - 10 September 1870
Letter from Gaudin, Charles T., to Charles Lyell, 4 January 1858
File — Box Box 3.2: Series Coll-203/B1
Identifier: Coll-203/B1/43
Scope and Contents
Temple of Serapis
Dates:
4 January 1858
Letter from Grote, George, to Charles Lyell, 1862-11 May 1868
File — Box Box 3.2: Series Coll-203/B1
Identifier: Coll-203/B1/47
Scope and Contents
Four papers in same packet 1) 'Platon's Phadras' by Dr. C.R. Volquardsen 2) 'Antinomies' 3) 'Sophist Compared to an Angler' 4) Communion - Relativity
Dates:
1862-11 May 1868
Letter from Grove, W.R., to Charles Lyell, 1859-1 June 1871
File — Box Box 3.2: Series Coll-203/B1
Identifier: Coll-203/B1/48
Scope and Contents
Four letters.
Dates:
1859-1 June 1871
Letter from Guiscardi, Guillaume, to Charles Lyell, 7 February 1858-6 July 1858
File — Box Box 3.2: Series Coll-203/B1
Identifier: Coll-203/B1/49
Scope and Contents
'Enclosed - Sketch of volcano, pamphlet entitled 'Notizie del Vesuvio' and various pages of notes
Dates:
7 February 1858-6 July 1858
Letter from Haidinger, W., to Charles Lyell, 30 August 1864
File — Box Box 3.2: Series Coll-203/B1
Identifier: Coll-203/B1/50
Scope and Contents
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
Letter from Hartung, Georg., to Charles Lyell, 4 December 1864
File — Box Box 3.2: Series Coll-203/B1
Identifier: Coll-203/B1/51
Scope and Contents
The folder contains two drawings, one enigmatically labelled as being the work of Lady Bunbury, who along with her husband, accompanied the Lyell's on their trip to Madeira. There is more correspondence between Lyell and Hartung at Coll-203/1/123, in the series reference Coll-203/2, and in specific notebooks.
Print labelled as "From the top of Penha d'Aguia drawn a.n. by G.Hartung Esqr" with "proof"...
Dates:
4 December 1864
Letter from Heer, Oswald, to Charles Lyell, 8 August 1857 - 8 February 1877
File — Box Box 3.2: Series Coll-203/B1
Identifier: Coll-203/B1/52
Scope and Contents
Notes and envelope with samples of leaves
Dates:
8 August 1857 - 8 February 1877
Letter from Henslow, John S., to Charles Lyell, 6 April 1841 - 8 June 1854
File — Box Box 3.2: Series Coll-203/B1
Identifier: Coll-203/B1/53
Scope and Contents
Two letters:
1) Lyell summarises the letter as Prof. Henslow on formation of Stalactite from Liebig [Justus von Liebig, German Chemist, considered one of the founders of the field of Organic Chemistry].
2) Letter with no summary. Professor Henslow writes to Lyell about his and [Joseph Dalton] Hooker's thoughts on Cyads [Cyadeoidea] and Conifers [Coniferae] in relation to other Dicotyledons and Monocotyledons. He also writes about a new mammal in the Purbeck [a sequence of rock...
Dates:
6 April 1841 - 8 June 1854
Letter from Herschel, Sir John F.W., to Charles Lyell, 3 February 1865 - 19 February 1865
File — Box Box 3.2: Series Coll-203/B1
Identifier: Coll-203/B1/54
Scope and Contents
From the Series:
This series of correspondence is arranged alphabetically, A-Z. Each correspondent has been assigned a file number – there may be several folders within that file, evidencing the longevity and depth of the relationship between Lyell and the correspondent.
Lyell himself, Mary or Arabella Buckley have mostly recorded a summary of the contents of the correspondence, either on the letter itself, or, on the associated envelope. These summaries have been used as the basis of the catalogue...
Dates:
3 February 1865 - 19 February 1865