Publication proofs and lecture syllabuses

Scope and Content

The Publication proofs and lecture syllabuses series consists of:

  • lecture syllabuses, 1867-1869
  • publication proofs, 1879 and 1881.

Administrative / Biographical History

Sir Archibald Geikie lectured at the Edinburgh Museum of Science and Art in 1868 and at the Royal Institution of Great Britain in London in 1869 on aspects of geology.

His publications included the contribution of a chapter on geology to the Encyclopaedia Britannica, which was in preperation from 1876.

Archivist's Note

None

Grant Buttars 06 November 2001