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Lyell, Sir Charles, 1797-1875 (1st Baronet | Scottish geologist) -- correspondence to

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Subject Source: Local sources
Scope Note: Correspondence sent to Sir Charles Lyell

Found in 434 Collections and/or Records:

Letters from Wood, Searles Valentine Senior to Charles Lyell, 8 May 1839 - 2 October 1873

 File — Box Box 1.14: Series Coll-203/1 (Lyell 1); Series Coll-203/1B
Identifier: Coll-203/1/299
Scope and Contents

Small watercolour map of Norfolk Crag near the River Bure.

Dates: 8 May 1839 - 2 October 1873
Found in: University of Edinburgh Library Heritage Collections / Papers of Sir Charles Lyell / Correspondence to Charles Lyell, A-Z 1927 tranche

Letters from Woodward, Henry to Charles Lyell, 29 March 1869 -

 File — Box Box 1.14: Series Coll-203/1 (Lyell 1); Series Coll-203/1B
Identifier: Coll-203/1/300
Scope and Contents

Summarised as: Extinct animals of Aurignac, Bruniquel etc.; Omission of CL's name in "Man and the Mammoth".

Dates: 29 March 1869 -
Found in: University of Edinburgh Library Heritage Collections / Papers of Sir Charles Lyell / Correspondence to Charles Lyell, A-Z 1927 tranche

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
Found in: University of Edinburgh Library Heritage Collections / Papers of Sir Charles Lyell / Correspondence to Charles Lyell, A-Z 1927 tranche

Letters from Woodward, Samuel to Charles Lyell, 29 August 1829

 File — Box Box 1.14: Series Coll-203/1 (Lyell 1); Series Coll-203/1B
Identifier: Coll-203/1/301
Scope and Contents

Summarised as: Surface of Chalk perforated by roots of Actini. Actually talks about sea plants.

Dates: 29 August 1829
Found in: University of Edinburgh Library Heritage Collections / Papers of Sir Charles Lyell / Correspondence to Charles Lyell, A-Z 1927 tranche

Letters from Wright, Thomas to Charles Lyell, 15 October 1855

 File — Box Box 1.14: Series Coll-203/1 (Lyell 1); Series Coll-203/1B
Identifier: Coll-203/1/303
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Summarised as: Age of Malta beds, Miocene.

Dates: 15 October 1855
Found in: University of Edinburgh Library Heritage Collections / Papers of Sir Charles Lyell / Correspondence to Charles Lyell, A-Z 1927 tranche

Letters from Wyatt, James to Charles Lyell, 9 April 1861 - 10 April 1863

 File — Box Box 1.14: Series Coll-203/1 (Lyell 1); Series Coll-203/1B
Identifier: Coll-203/1/304
Scope and Contents

Bedford flints.

Dates: 9 April 1861 - 10 April 1863
Found in: University of Edinburgh Library Heritage Collections / Papers of Sir Charles Lyell / Correspondence to Charles Lyell, A-Z 1927 tranche

Letters from Wylie, William Michael to Charles Lyell, 31 May 1866

 File — Box Box 1.14: Series Coll-203/1 (Lyell 1); Series Coll-203/1B
Identifier: Coll-203/1/305
Scope and Contents

Summarised by Lyell as 'Gozzadini on Bolognese Necropolis'.

Dates: 31 May 1866
Found in: University of Edinburgh Library Heritage Collections / Papers of Sir Charles Lyell / Correspondence to Charles Lyell, A-Z 1927 tranche

Letters from Wyman, J to Charles Lyell, 14 September 1846 - 4 October 1856

 File — Box Box 1.14: Series Coll-203/1 (Lyell 1); Series Coll-203/1B
Identifier: Coll-203/1/306
Scope and Contents The correspondence between Charles Lyell and J. Wyman is mainly concerned with geology and natural history of North America. Specific subjects in the letters include: Louis Agassiz, W.B. Rogers, Herman Van Meyer, Geology of Newfoundland, and Megatherium. Many of the letters include diagrams drawn by Wyman. 'Natchez blind animal Selidotherium [sic Scelidotherium]'. The letter includes a diagram of a...
Dates: 14 September 1846 - 4 October 1856
Found in: University of Edinburgh Library Heritage Collections / Papers of Sir Charles Lyell / Correspondence to Charles Lyell, A-Z 1927 tranche

Letters from Young, John to Charles Lyell, 23 November 1869 - 27 October 1872

 File — Box Box 1.14: Series Coll-203/1 (Lyell 1); Series Coll-203/1B
Identifier: Coll-203/1/307
Scope and Contents Written from the Hunterian Museum, Glasgow, and from Young's home in Beith, Ayrshire. Summarised as 'Irish Elk of Crofthead and Kilmaurs Elephant', with press cuttings, 'Thanks for Students' Elements, Arctic Shells at Cartsdyke on the Clyde - Boulder Clay with local boulders'. Manuscript of articles on' Post Roman rise of land' and 'Upraised Strata in Sweden and Norway'. He receives a copy of Antiquity of Man, and will look at the section on the recent rise of the shores of the Clyde - the...
Dates: 23 November 1869 - 27 October 1872
Found in: University of Edinburgh Library Heritage Collections / Papers of Sir Charles Lyell / Correspondence to Charles Lyell, A-Z 1927 tranche

Letters from Zuccalmaglio, A William de to Charles Lyell, 16 April 1863

 File — Box Box 1.14: Series Coll-203/1 (Lyell 1); Series Coll-203/1B
Identifier: Coll-203/1/308
Scope and Contents

Summarised as 'Human Remains in Cave near Turbingen [?desent] by Schrieber in 1840-1841. Brings to Lyell's attention an incident not yet 'quoted by yourself or Mr. Huxley' of a discovery by his Egyptian medical student Billharz, near the village of Erpfingen, written up by Henry Schrieber. Refers to recent discovery at the cavern of Engis and in Neanderthal and urges Lyell to locate and consider this information.

Dates: 16 April 1863
Found in: University of Edinburgh Library Heritage Collections / Papers of Sir Charles Lyell / Correspondence to Charles Lyell, A-Z 1927 tranche