Correspondence of Sir Archibald Geikie: Letters from Coutts Trotter

• Reference:GB 237 Coll-74/13/9
• Dates of Creation:1879-1886
• Name of Creator:
  Trotter, Coutts, 1837-1887 (vice-master of Trinity College, Cambridge)
• Language of Material:English
• Physical Description:
  3 letters None which affect the use of this material

• Scope and Content

  The Correspondence of Sir Archibald Geikie: Letters from Coutts Trotter sub-series includes letters from:

  • 3 letters, chronologically arranged (1879-1886)

• Administrative / Biographical History

  Coutts Trotter was vice-master of Trinity College, Cambridge. He spent some time in Tonga, studying the volcanic eruption of 1886.

• Archivist's Note

  None

  Grant Buttars 14 January 2002

• Subjects

  Eruptions

  Volcanoes

• Personal Names

  Geikie, Archibald, Sir (Professor of Geology, University of Edinburgh)

  Trotter, Coutts, 1837-1887 (vice-master of Trinity College, Cambridge)

• Geographical Names

  Tonga