Professional Correspondence

• Reference:GB 237 Coll-99/2
• Dates of Creation:1872-1917
• Name of Creator:
  Geikie, James, 1839-1915 (professor of geology, University of Edinburgh)
• Language of Material:English.
• Physical Description:
  2 files None which affect the use of this material

• Scope and Content

  c200 letters, chronologically arranged, including those from J Peter Lesley, Sir Joseph Prestwich, Ferdinand Vandiveer Hayden, Grove Karl Gilbert, Sir Joseph Dalton Hooker and James Dwight Dana. Subjects covered include many aspects of geology and related matters.

• Administrative / Biographical History

  In the course of his professional life, James Geikie exchanged correspondence with a number of geologists and other scientists at home and abroad.

• Subjects

  Geologists

  Geology

  Professional Interaction

  Scientists

• Personal Names

  Dana, James Dwight, 1813-1895 (American geologist, mineralogist, and naturalist)

  Geikie, James, 1839-1915 (professor of geology, University of Edinburgh)

  Gilbert, Grove Karl, 1843-1918 (American geologist)

  Hayden, Ferdinand Vandiveer, 1829-1887 (American geologist)

  Hooker, Sir Joseph Dalton, 1817-1911 (British botanist, explorer | Director of the Royal Gardens, Kew)

  Lesley, J Peter, 1819-1903 (American geologist)

  Prestwich, Sir Joseph, 1812-1896 (Fellow of the Royal Society | Geologist)