Correspondence of Sir Charles Lyell consists of:
- Correspondence with colleagues throughout the world (1831-1873)
Correspondence
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- ReferenceGB 237 Coll-203/1 (Lyell 1)
- Dates of Creation1831-1873
- Name of Creator
- Language of MaterialEnglish mostly
- Physical Description10 boxes10 boxes None which affect the use of this material
Scope and Content
Administrative / Biographical History
The work of Sir Charles Lyell brought him into contact with a number of leading figures of his age from Great Britain and abroad, particularly the United States. This series contains correspondence he continued with geologists, naturalists and other figures including John Pye Smith non-conformist divine, Sir Henry James director-general of the Ordnance Survey, Searles Valentine Wood and Anton Wilhelm Florentin von Zuccalmaglio.
Arrangement
This series is divided up into artificial sub-series for convenience. Letters are curently numbered by folio and these numbers continue from one sub-series to the next.
Archivist's Note
Rachael Third 13 September 2001
Reviewed and edited by Elise Ramsay 12 May 2020