Correspondence of Sir Charles Lyell, A-B

• Reference:GB 237 Coll-203/1 folio(s) 1-494
• Dates of Creation:1829-1903
• Name of Creator:
  Lyell, Sir Charles, 1797-1875 (1st Baronet | Scottish geologist)
• Language of Material:English mostly
• Physical Description:
  1 box
  1 box None which affect the use of this material

• Scope and Content

  Correspondence of Sir Charles Lyell, A-B consists of:

  • letters from colleagues and acquaintances from around the world including fellow scientists such as George Biddell Airy, Etienne Jules Adolph Desmier de St-Simon, James Scott Bowerbank and Charles James Fox Bunbury.
  • (1829-1903)

• Administrative / Biographical History

  The correspondence of Sir Charles Lyell includes letters from colleagues and acquaintances from around the world.

• Arrangement

  Letters are curently numbered by folio, in alphabetical order, and these numbers continue from this sub-series to the next.

• Archivist's Note

  Rachael Third 09 January 2002

• Subjects

  Geology

• Personal Names

  Airy, Sir George Biddell, 1801-1892 (Astronomer Royal, 1835-1881)

  Bunbury, Sir Charles James Fox, 1809-1886 (8th Baronet of Barton Hall, Sussex (England) | English naturalist)

  Archiac, Adolphe d', 1802-1868 (Vicomte d'Archiac | French geologist and palaeontologist)

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