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032-002092986

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032-002092986

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Add MS 41077

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LETTERS, chiefly from men of science, to James Croll, F.R.S., LL.D. (d. 1890), physical geologist, with letters to his biographer, James Campbell Irons, etc.; 1863-1898 and n.d. Some appear in Irons's Dr. Croll's Life and Work, 1896. The names of the writers are given in the Index. At the beginning (ff. 1-6) are three letters from [Charles Bruce, 5th Earl of] Elgin, to Robert Dryburgh, shipbuilder of Leith, relating to the building of a vessel to be called The Countess of Elgin"; 18 Jan.-26 Apr. 1763. Paper ; ff. 159. Quarto. xviii-xix centt. Sotheby's sale-cat., 10 Apr. 1924, lot 189.

Scope & Content:

George Frederick Samuel Robinson, Viscount Goderich; 2nd Earl of Ripon and 3rd Earl De Grey of Wrest; 1st Marquess of Ripon: Letter to Lord Rosebery: 1886.

includes:

ff. 1, 3, 6 Charles Bruce, 5th Earl of Elgin: Letters to R. Dryburgh: 1763.
ff. 1-6 Ship-building: Letters rel. to building of " The Countess of Elgin": 1763.
ff. 7, 9, 19, 20, 33, 39, 150, 151, 152 John Tyndall, natural philosopher: Letters to Dr. J. Croll: 1863-1868.
ff. 7-125 passim James Croll, geologist; FRS 1876: Letters to: 1863-1890, n.d.
ff. 10,22 Reverend James Challis, Plumian Professor of astronomy, Cambridge: Letters to Dr. J. Croll: 1864.
f. 12 George Douglas Campbell, 8th Duke of Argyll: Letter to [Dr. J. Croll ?]: 1864.
f. 13 Robert Grant, LLD; astronomer: Letter to Dr. J. Croll: 1865.
f. 14 Sir Archibald Geikie, KCB; geologist: Letter to Dr. J. Croll: 1865.
f. 15 William John Macquorn Rankine, civil engineer: Letter to Dr. J. Croll: 1865.
f. 16 James Morison, DD; founder of the Evangelical Union: Letter to [Dr. J. Croll?]: 1865.
f. 24 George Carey Foster, University College, London: Letter to Dr. J. Croll: 1865.
f. 26 James Glaisher, FRS: Letter to Dr. J. Croll: 1865.
f. 28 Robert Alfred Cloyne Godwin-Austen, FRS; geologist: Letter to Dr. J. Croll: 1865.
f. 29 Andrew Crombie Ramsay, geologist; Knight 1881: Letter to Dr. J. Croll: 1865.
f. 30 Sir Charles Lyell, 1st Baronet; geologist: Letter to Dr. J. Croll: [circ. 1865].
f. 32 Samuel Haughton, Professor of Geology at Dublin: Letter to Dr. J. Croll: 1866.
f. 35 William Chambers, publisher; Lord Provost of Edinburgh 1865: Letter to J. H. Stott: 1867.
f. 36 John Hutton Balfour, Professor of Botany at Edinburgh University: Letter to Dr. J. Croll: 1868.
f. 37 Edmund Beckett, 1st Baron Grimthorpe: Letter to Dr. J. Croll: 1868.
f. 40 Alfred Tylor, geologist: Letter to Dr. J. Croll: 1868.
f. 41 William Whitaker, geologist: Letter to Dr. J. Croll: 1870.
f. 42 Jean Abraham Chrétien Oudemans, astronomer: Letter to Dr. J. Croll: 1870.
f. 46 Alfred Russel Wallace, FRGS: Letter to Dr. J. Croll: 1870.
f. 48 David Laird Adams: Letter to Dr. J. Croll: 1870.
f. 50 John Gwyn Jeffreys, conchologist: Letter to Dr. J. Croll: 1870.
f.52 John Evans, FRS; archaeologist; KCB 1892: Letter to Dr. J. Croll: 1870.
f. 54 August Heinrich Petermann, geographer: Letter to Dr. J. Croll: 1870.
ff. 55, 86 Sir Charles Wyville Thomson, naturalist: Letters to Dr. J. Croll: 1870, 1876.
f. 56 John Ball, FRS; Colonial Under-Secretary: Letter to Dr. J. Croll: 1870.
f. 58 Sir Francis Galton, FRS: Letter to Dr. J. Croll: 1871.
f. 60 John Lubbock, 1st Baron Avebury: Letter to Dr. J. Croll: 1871.
f. 61 Joseph David Everett, Professor Of Natural Philosophy al Belfast: Letter to Dr. J. Croll: 1872.
f. 63 Reverend William Josiah Irons, theological writer: Letter to Dr. J. Croll: 1872.
f. 64 Rev. Robert Rainy, Principal, Edinburgh Free Church College: Letter to Dr. J. Croll: 1872.
f. 65 Sir William Crookes, OM; FRS: Letter to Dr. J. Croll: 1873.
f. 66 Sir Joseph Prestwich, FRS: Letter to Dr. J. Croll: 1873.
f. 68 Sir Clements Robert Markham, KCB; geographer: Letter to Dr. J. Croll: 1873.
f. 70 Thomas Spencer Baynes, Editor of the ' Encyclopædia Britannica': Letter to Dr. J. Croll: 1873.
f. 71 Reverend John Cunningham Geikie, DD: Letter to Dr. J. Croll: 1874.
f. 72 Sir Joseph Dalton Hooker, GCSI; Director of Kew Gardens: Letter to Dr. J. Croll: 1874.
f.73 James Warburton Begbie, physician: Letter to J. C. Irons: 1874.
f. 74 Isaac Todhunter, FRS: Letter to Dr. J. Croll: 1874.
f. 76 Sydney Barber Josiah Skertchly, of the Geological Survey: Letter to Dr. J. Croll: 1874.
f. 78 Vice-Admiral Thomas Abel Brimage Spratt, CB: Letter to Dr. S. Croll: 1874.
f. 80 Admiral Sir George Strong Nares, KCB; Arctic explorer: Letter to Dr. J. Croll: [1875?].
f. 81 John Gray M'Kendrick, MD: Letter to Dr. J. Croll: 1875.
f. 82 Amund Hellard, Fellow of Christiana University: Letter [to Dr. J. Croll ?]: 1876.
f. 84 Jansen: Letter to [Dr. J. Croll?]: 1876.
f. 88 James Hutchison Stirling, LL.D: Letter to Dr. J. Croll: 1876.
f. 91 Charles Piazzi Smyth, Astronomer Royal for Scotland: Letter to Dr. J. Croll: 1877.
f. 93 Henry William Bristow, geologist: Letter to Dr. J. Croll: 1877.
f. 95 William Matthew Flinders Petric, Knight 1923: Letter to Dr. J. Croll: 1878.
ff. 96, 101 Alexander Agassiz, American zoologist: Letters to Dr. J. Croll: 1879.
f. 99 Balfour Stewart, Professor of Natural Philosophy at Manchester: Letter to Dr. J. Croll: 1879.
f. 102 Edwin Paxton Hood, Congregationalist minister: Letter to Dr. J. Croll (?): 1880.
f. 104 George Croom Robertson, philosopher: Letter to Dr. J. Croll: 1883.
f. 105 James Matthews Duncan, physician: Letter to Mrs. Thomson: 1883.
f. 106 George John Romanes, FRS; LL.D: Letter to Dr. J. Croll: 1883.
f. 108 Sir Alexander Campbell Mackenzie, KCVO; composer: Letter to J. C. Irons: 1883.
ff. 108-153 passim James Campbell Irons, biographer of Dr. J Croll: Letters to: 1883-1898, n.d.
f. 109 b Henry Broadhurst, MP: Letter to -: 1886.
f. 112 John Blair Balfour, 1st Baron Kinross: Letter to R. C. M. Ferguson: 1886.
f. 114 Charles Cooper: Letter to R. C. M. Ferguson: 1886.
f. 115 Richard Burdon Haldane, Viscount Haldane: Letter to J. C. Irons: 1887.
f. 117 William Ewart Gladstone, Prime Minister: Postcard to J. C. Irons: 1887.
f. 118 Victor Alexander Bruce, 9th Earl of Elgin: Letter to J. C. Irons: 1887.
f. 119 John Morley, Viscount Morley of Blackburn: Letter to-: 1887.
f. 120 Edward Clodd, banker and author: Letter to Dr. J. Croll: 1888.
f. 121 Thomas George Bonney, Secretary, Geological Soc: Letter to Dr. J. Croll: 1888.
f. 123 Sir Robert Stawell Ball, FRS: Letter to Dr. J. Croll: 1888.
f. 125 St George Jackson Mivart, FRS; biologist: Letter to Dr. J. Croll: 1890.
f. 126 Sir Henry Churchill Maxwell-Lyte, KCB; Deputy-Keeper of the Public Records: Letter to - Perguson: 1890.
f.128 William Henry Bliss, BCL: Letter to Lord Dufferin: 1890.
f. 130 Frederick Temple Hamilton-Temple-Blackwood, 1st Marquess of Dufferin and Ava; formerly Blackwood: Letter to J. C. Irons: 1890.
f. 131 Alexander L- Brown, of Galashiels: Letter to J. C. Irons: 1892.
f. 132 Wallace Bruce, USA Consul, Edinburgh: Letter to J. C. Irons: 1892.
f. 134 Sir Charles John Pearson, Lord Pearson 1896: Letter to J. C. Irons: 1892.
f. 136 Sir Albert Kaye Rollit, MP: Letter to J. C. Irons: 1893.
f. 137 John Hay Athole MacDonald, Lord Kingsburgh: Letter to J. C. Irons: 1893.
f.138 John Veitch, LLD; Professor Of Logic and Rhetoric at Glasgow: Letter to-: 1893.
f. 142 Sir George Otto Trevelyan, 2nd Baronet; PC; MP: Letter to R. C. M. Ferguson: 1893.
f. 143 Herbert Henry Asquith, 1st Earl of Oxford and Asquith; Prime Minister: Letter to J. C. Irons: 1893.
f. 144 Sir Clements Robert Markham, KCB; geographer: Letter to -: 1895.
ff. 145, 146 Archibald Philip Primrose, 5th Earl of Rosebery: Letters to J. C. Irons: 1895-1897.
f. 147 Arthur James Balfour, 1st Earl of Balfour; Prime Minister: Letter to J. C. Irons: 1897.
f. 148 Lieutenant-Colonel Arthur John Bigge, Baron Stamfordham private Secretary to Queen Victoria, Edward VII, and George V: Letter to J. C. Irons: 1898.
f. 153 Joseph Parker: Letter to J. C. Irons: n.d.
f. 155 James Lumsden, comedian: Letter to T. Hall: n.d.
f. 157 Augustine Birrell, MP: Letter to -: n.d.

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Start Date:

1700

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1899

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18th century-19th century

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Names:

Adams, David Laird
Agassiz, Alexander, American zoologist
Asquith, Herbert Henry, 1st Earl of Oxford and Asquith, statesman, 1852-1928
Austen, Robert Alfred Cloyne, geologist, 1808-1884
Balfour, Arthur James, 1st Earl of Balfour, Prime Minister and philosopher, 1848-1930
Balfour, John Blair, 1st Baron Kinross, lawyer and M.P., 1837-1905
Balfour, John Hutton, Professor of Botany at Edinburgh University, 1808-1884
Ball, John, glaciologist and politician, 1818-1889
Ball, Robert Stawell, Knight, astronomer, 1840-1913
Baynes, Thomas Spencer, philosopher; editor of the 'Encyclopædia Britannica', 1823-1887
Beckett, Edmund, 1st Baron Grimthorpe, formerly Denison, lawyer, controversialist, horologist and architect, 1816-1905
Begbie, James Warburton, physician
Bigge, Arthur John, 1st Baron Stamfordham, courtier, 1849-1931
Birrell, Augustine, politician and author, 1850-1933
Blackwood, Frederick Temple, 1st Marquess of Dufferin and Ava, diplomat, 1826-1902
Bliss, William Henry, BCL
Bonney, Thomas George, geologist, 1833-1923
Bristow, Henry William, geologist
Broadhurst, Henry, MP
Brown, Alexander L-, of Galashiels
Bruce, Charles, 5th Earl of Elgin
Bruce, Victor Alexander, 9th Earl of Elgin and 13th Earl of Kincardine, Viceroy of India, 1849-1917
Bruce, Wallace, USA Consul, Edinburgh
Campbell, George Douglas, 8th Duke of Argyll, statesman, 1823-1900
Challis, James, Reverend; Plumian Professor of astronomy, Cambridge
Chambers, William, publisher; Lord Provost of Edinburgh 1865
Clodd, Edward, banker and author
Cooper, Charles, of Add MS 41077
Croll, James, geologist; FRS 1876
Crookes, William, Knight, chemist and science journalist, 1832-1919
Duncan, James Matthews, physician and obstetrician, 1826-1890
Evans, John, Knight, archaeologist, numismatist and paper manufacturer, 1823-1908
Everett, Joseph David, Professor Of Natural Philosophy al Belfast
Foster, George Carey, University College London
Galton, Francis, Knight, biostatistician, human geneticist, and eugenicist, 1822-1911
Geikie, Archibald, Knight, geologist and historian, 1835-1924
Geikie, John Cunningham, clergyman and author, 1824-1906
Gladstone, William Ewart, prime minister and author, 1809-1898
Glaisher, James, meteorologist, aeronaut and astronomer, 1809-1903
Grant, Robert, astronomer, 1814-1892
Haldane, Richard Burdon, Viscount Haldane, politician, educationist and Lord Chancellor, 1856-1928
Haughton, Samuel, Professor of Geology at Dublin
Hellard, Amund, Fellow of Christiana University
Hood, Edwin Paxton, Congregationalist minister
Hooker, Joseph Dalton, Knight, botanist and traveller, 1817-1911
Irons, James Campbell, biographer of Dr. J Croll
Irons, William Josiah, Reverend; theological writer
Jansen, of Add MS 41077
Jeffreys, John Gwyn, conchologist
Lubbock, John, 1st Baron Avebury, banker, politician, and scientific writer, 1834-1913
Lumsden, James, comedian
Lyell, Charles, 1st Baronet, geologist
M'Kendrick, John Gray, MD
MacDonald, John Hay Athole, Lord Kingsburgh
Mackenzie, Alexander Campbell, Knight, composer, 1847-1935,
   see also http://isni.org/isni/000000012017839X,
   see also http://viaf.org/viaf/44490423
Markham, Clements Robert, Knight, geographer, 1830-1916
Maxwell-Lyte, Henry Churchill, KCB, Deputy-Keeper of the Public Records
Mivart, St George Jackson, FRS, biologist
Morison, James, DD; founder of the Evangelical Union
Morley, John, Viscount Morley of Blackburn, statesman, 1838-1923
Nares, George Strong, Admiral KCB, Arctic explorer
Oudemans, Jean Abraham Chrétien, astronomer
Parker, Joseph, correspondent of James Croll, fl 19th century
Pearson, Charles John, Lord Pearson 1896
Petermann, August Heinrich, geographer
Petric, William Matthew Flinders, Knight 1923
Prestwich, Joseph, FRS
Primrose, Archibald Philip, 5th Earl of Rosebery
Rainy, Rev Robert, Principal Edinburgh Free Church College
Ramsay, Andrew Crombie, geologist; Knight 1881
Rankine, William John Macquorn, civil engineer
Robertson, George Croom, philosopher
Robinson, George Frederick Samuel, 1st Marquess of Ripon, politician, 1827-1909
Rollit, Albert Kaye, MP
Romanes, George John, FRS, LLD
Skertchly, Sydney Barber Josiah, of the Geological Survey
Smyth, Charles Piazzi, Astronomer Royal for Scotland
Spratt, Thomas Abel Brimage, Vice-Admiral CB
Stewart, Balfour, Professor of Natural Philosophy at Manchester
Stirling, James Hutchison, LL.D
Thomson, Charles Wyville, naturalist
Todhunter, Isaac, FRS
Trevelyan, George Otto, 2nd Baronet, PC, MP
Tylor, Alfred, geologist
Tyndall, John, natural philosopher
Veitch, John, LLD; Professor Of Logic and Rhetoric at Glasgow
Wallace, Alfred Russel, naturalist, 1823-1913,
   see also http://isni.org/isni/0000000110221630,
   see also http://viaf.org/viaf/19767134
Whitaker, William, geologist