Letters received by Sir Roderick Impey Murchison

• Reference:GB 237 Coll-74/10/4
• Dates of Creation:mid 19th century
• Name of Creator:
  Murchison, Sir Roderick Impey, 1792-1871 (1st Baronet | Scottish geologist)
• Language of Material:English
• Physical Description:
  86 letters None which affect the use of this material

• Scope and Content

  The letters from Sir Roderick Impey Murchison to Charles Wentworth Dilke and related material consist of:

  • 86 letters, alphabetically arranged

• Administrative / Biographical History

  Sir Roderick Impey Murchison corresponded with a number of people throught his life, amongst them geologists such as William Branwhite Clarke, Hugh Miller, Sir Andrew Crombie Ramsay and Friedrich Wilhelm Heinrich Alexander von Humbolt, gold mining pioneer Edward Hammond Hargraves and astronomer Sir John Frederick William Herschel.

• Archivist's Note

  None

  Grant Buttars 09 August 2002

• Subjects

  Professional Interaction

• Personal Names

  Clarke, Reverend William Branwhite, 1798-1878 (Anglican clergyman and geologist, New South Wales (Australia))

  Hargraves, Edward Hammond, 1816-1891 (Australian gold mining pioneer)

  Herschel, Sir John Frederick William, 1792-1871 (1st Baronet | astronomer)

  Miller, Hugh, 1802-1856 (man of letters and geologist)

  Murchison, Sir Roderick Impey, 1792-1871 (1st Baronet | Scottish geologist)

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