Correspondence from Leonard Horner and family

• Reference:GB 237 Coll-74/12/4
• Dates of Creation:1860-1865
• Name of Creator:
  Geikie, Archibald, Sir (Professor of Geology, University of Edinburgh)
• Language of Material:English
• Physical Description:
  22 letters None which affect the use of this material

• Scope and Content

  The Correspondence from Leonard Horner and family sub-series consists of:

  • 22 letters, chronologically arranged (1860-1866)

• Administrative / Biographical History

  Leonard Horner (1785-1864) wrote to Sir Archibald Geikie concerning information on Edward Forbes (1815-1854). Geikie's publications and other matters relating to aspects of geological research and to more general professional and social issues also feature. Letters from Horner's daughters, Joanna Baillie Horner (born 1823) and Mrs Katherine Murray Lyell (1817-1915), concern Geikie's tributes after Horner's death in 1864.

• Archivist's Note

  None

  Grant Buttars 23 November 2001

• Subjects

  Geology, Publications

  Geology, Research

  Obituaries

  Professional Interaction

  Scholarly Publishing

  Social Interaction

• Personal Names

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

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

  Horner, Joanna Baillie

  Horner, Leonard (educationalist and geologist)

  Lyell, Katherine Murray (nee Horner)