Correspondence of Sir Archibald Geikie: William Johnson Sollas to WC Trevelyan

• Reference:GB 237 Coll-74/13/8
• Dates of Creation:1870-1915
• Name of Creator:
  Geikie, Archibald, Sir (Professor of Geology, University of Edinburgh)
• Language of Material:English
• Physical Description:
  92 letters None which affect the use of this material

• Scope and Content

  The Correspondence of Sir Archibald Geikie: William Johnson Sollas to WC Trevelyan sub-series includes letters from:

  • William Johnson Sollas
  • Henry Clifton Sorby
  • Eduard Seuss
  • William Kirby Sullivan
  • Ralph Tate
  • Jethro Justinian Harris Teall
  • Charles Wyville Thomson
  • Ramsay Heatley Traquair

• Administrative / Biographical History

  Sir Archibald Geikie corresponded with a number of people both socially and professionally. William Johnson Sollas (1849-1936) investigated the geology of Tuvalu. The Austrian geologist, Eduard Seuss (1831-1914), was a long time friend to Geikie. William Kirby Sullivan (1821-1890) contributed pieces on chemistry to Geikie's Text-Book of Geology, ( 1882) .

• Archivist's Note

  None

  Grant Buttars 11 January 2002

• Subjects

  Professional Contributions

  Professional Interaction

  Scholarly Publishing

  Social Interaction

• Personal Names

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

  Sollas, William Johnson, 1849-1936 (professor of geology and palaeontology, University of Oxford)

  Sorby, Henry Clifton, 1826-1908 (geologist)

  Suess, Eduard, 1831-1914 (Austrian geologist)

  Sullivan, William Kirby, 1821-1890 (President of Queen's College, Cork (Ireland))

  Tate, Ralph, 1840-1901 (geologist and botanist)

  Teall, Jethro Justinian, 1849-1924 (geologist)

  Thomson, Charles Wyville, 1830-1882 (naturalist and professor of natural history, University of Edinburgh)

  Traquair, Ramsay Heatley, 1840-1912 (geologist and palaeontologist)

• Geographical Names

  Tuvalu