Letter to Sir Archibald Geikie from Sir Andrew Crombie Ramsay

• Reference:GB 237 Coll-74/11/3/49
• Dates of Creation:27 May 1861
• Name of Creator:
  Ramsay, Sir Andrew Crombie, 1814-1891 (Scottish geologist)
• Language of Material:English
• Physical Description:
  1 letter

• Scope and Content

  Letter to Sir Archibald Geikie from Sir Andrew Crombie Ramsay with editorial comments about the inclusion of sensitive material concerning the School of Mines, the Museum of Economic Geology and the Geological Survey of Great Britain in his 'Memoirs of Edward Forbes'.

• Archivist's Note

  The Government School of Mines and of Science as Applied to the Arts | 1851- became the Royal School of Mines later, see print-out from Internet

  Sarah Higgins 20 December 2000

• Subjects

  Biography

  Criticism, Textual

• Personal Names

  Clark, Sir James, 1788-1870 (court physician)

  Forbes, 1815-1854 (professor of natural history, University of Edinburgh)

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

  Huxley, Thomas Henry, 1825-1895 (man of science)

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

  Playfair, Sir Lyon, 1818-1898 (1st Baron Playfair of St Andrews)

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

• Corporate Names

  Geological Survey of Great Britain (1835-:)

  Museum of Economic Geology (1841-)

  Government School of Mines and of Science as Applied to the Arts (1851-)