Letter to Sir Archibald Geikie from Henry William Bristow

• Reference:GB 237 Coll-74/11/8/65
• Dates of Creation:16 March 1872
• Name of Creator:
  Bristow, Henry William, 1817-1889 (geologist)
• Language of Material:English
• Physical Description:
  1 letter

• Scope and Content

  Letter to Sir Archibald Geikie from Henry William Bristow telling Geikie that after 30 years service he has been promoted to Director of the Geological Survey of England and Wales, in the place of Sir Andrew Crombie Ramsay who has been promoted to Director in Chief. He reports that Henry Hyatt Howell will take his place as District Surveyor. He asks how sales are going of Joseph Beete Jukes' The Student's Manual of Geology, ( 1857) which Geikie edited.

• Archivist's Note

  None

  Sarah Higgins 26 June 2001

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• Personal Names

  Bristow, Henry William, 1817-1889 (geologist)

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

  Howell, Henry Hyatt, 1872-1898 (geologist)

  Jukes, 1811-1869 (director of the Geological Survey of Ireland)

  Ramsay, Sir Andrew Crombie, 1814-1891 (Scottish geologist)