Draft letter to Sir Andrew Crombie Ramsay from Sir Archibald Geikie

• Reference:GB 237 Coll-74/11/3/52
• Dates of Creation:05 June 1861
• Name of Creator:
  Geikie, Archibald, Sir (Professor of Geology, University of Edinburgh)
• Language of Material:English
• Physical Description:
  1 letter

• Scope and Content

  Draft letter to Sir Andrew Crombie Ramsay from Sir Archibald Geikie apologising for any distress caused by the publication of sensitive material from his private letters in 'Memoirs of Edward Forbes' and explaining why he was not given the opportunity to view the proofs before the book went to press.

• Archivist's Note

  None

  Sarah Higgins 20 December 2000

• Subjects

  Book Proposals

  Criticism, Textual

• Personal Names

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

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

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

• Corporate Names

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