Vol. II (ff. 139). 1860-1862.includes:f. 1 Edwin Shepherd, entomologist: Letter to J. Lubbock: 1860.ff. 2, 4, 11, 74 George Busk, FRS; surgeon: Letters to Sir J. Lubbock: 1857-1874.f. 6 Henry Toynbee, FRAS; shipmaster: Letter to J. Lubbock: 186...

Lyell, Charles, Sir, 1797-1875

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Sir Charles Lyell, first baronet, (1797-1875, APS, 1842) was a geologist and lawyer, whose Principles of Geology explained “former changes of the earth’s surface” by means of “modern causes.” Critical of the “catastrophist” views of many contemporary geologists, Lyell considered the earth “a system of balanced antagonistic processes,” a theory later described as uniformitarian. Although he rejected Jean Baptiste Lamarck’s theory of species mutability early in his career, later he favorabl...

Horner, Leonard, 1785-1864

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Leonard Horner was a Scottish merchant, geologist and educational reformer. He was the younger brother of Francis Horner. He was a founder of the School of Arts of Edinburgh and one of the founders of the Edinburgh Academy; he was also involved in the establishment of University College School. As a commissioner on the Royal Commission on the Employment of Children in Factories, Horner arguably did more to improve the working conditions of women and children in North England than any other perso...

Airy, George Biddell, 1801-1892

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Sir George Biddell Airy was educated at Cambridge and became Plumain Professor of Astronomy and Director of the Cambridge Observatory in 1828. In 1835 he accepted the post of Astronomer based at the Royal Observatory Greenwich, which he held until 1881. In 1835 Airy was invited to become a member of the University of London Senate. Although he was unable to attend Senate meetings on a regular basis, he discussed the pressing issues of the University at the time with other Senate members, in part...

Stanhope, Philip Henry Stanhope, 5th Earl, 1805-1875

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Philip Henry Stanhope was the 5th Earl Stanhope. He was also known as Lord Mahon. He was a historian and was the author of History of the war of the succession in Spain (London: J. Murray, 1832) and History of England (London: J. Murray, 1836-1854). From the description of Miscellaneous manuscripts, n.d. (University of Pennsylvania Library). WorldCat record id: 122591081 ...

Grosvenor, Robert, active 1828-1878, 1st Baron Ebury

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Title: 1st Baron Ebury British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000000976.0x000391 ...

Jones, Henry Bence, active 1848-1878, FRS, physician

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Epithet: FRS, physician British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000000208.0x0002ed ...

Kingsley, Charles, Reverend author

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Epithet: Creator of Mss Eur F562 British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000001347.0x0000dc Epithet: Reverend author British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000000750.0x00022f ...

Westwood, John Obadiah

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Epithet: entomologist and palaeographer British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000000471.0x000166 ...

Lee, John Edward, 1808-1887

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Lee, who lived in Torquay, England, was the author of a book titled Note-book of an amateur geologist (1881). From the description of John Edward Lee letterbook, 1862-1884. (Cornell University Library). WorldCat record id: 68051548 Epithet: antiquary British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000001137.0x0000d7 ...

Flower, William Henry

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Epithet: KCB, FRS British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000000299.0x000108 ...

Pengelly, William, active 1848-1878, FRS, geologist

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Epithet: FRS, geologist British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000000750.0x0002b3 ...

Sharpey, William, active 1860-1866, MD, FRS

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Epithet: MD, FRS British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000000543.0x0003d6 ...

Symonds, William Samuel, active 1860-1862, Reverend geologist

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Epithet: Reverend geologist British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000000386.0x000050 ...

Bentham, George, botanist

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Epithet: of Add MS 33553 British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000000987.0x0001fc Epithet: botanist British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000000834.0x000289 ...

Lartet, Édouard Armand Isidore Hippolyte, active 1860-1868, French geologist

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Epithet: French geologist British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000001072.0x0003d7 ...

Nevile, Christopher, active 1860-1862, Rector of Wickenby

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Epithet: Rector of Wickenby British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000000688.0x00014c ...

Grenfell, Riversdale William, active 1860-1862, of Maidenhead

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Epithet: of Maidenhead British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000000613.0x0000ce ...

Keller, Ferdinand, active 1860-1871, Swiss archaeologist

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Epithet: Swiss archaeologist British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000000296.0x0001c2 ...

Steenstrup, Tapetus, active 1860-1882, Swedish zoologist

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Epithet: Swedish zoologist British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000001149.0x0000fe ...

Dana, James Dwight

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Epithet: American mineralogist British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000001296.0x000137 ...

Silliman, Benjamin, active 1860-1864, the younger, American chemist

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Epithet: the younger, American chemist British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000001072.0x000236 ...

Hanbury, Daniel, pharmacist

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Epithet: pharmacist British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000000296.0x0000e6 ...

Bate, C. Spence (Charles Spence), 1818-1889

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Epithet: FRS British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000000815.0x0001ea ...

Shepherd, Edwin, active 1860-1862, entomologist

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Epithet: entomologist British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000000543.0x00023a ...

Boucher de Crèvecoeur de Perthes, Jacques, active 1860-1864, French archaeologist

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Epithet: French archaeologist British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000001137.0x00037a ...

Busk, George, active 1855-1900, FRS, surgeon

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Epithet: FRS, surgeon British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000000386.0x0000f1 ...

Sylvester, James Joseph

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Epithet: mathematician British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000000497.0x000384 ...

Morlot, Karl Adolf, active 1860-1866, Swiss archaeologist

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Epithet: Swiss archaeologist British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000000974.0x000280 ...

Buckle, Henry Thomas, author

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Epithet: author British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000000543.0x00035b Epithet: Subject of Mss Eur F234 British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000001394.0x0002fd ...

Norman, A.M. (Alfred Merle), 1831-1918

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Epithet: Reverend naturalist British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000000543.0x0002c2 ...

Herschel, John Frederick William, Sir, 1st Baronet, astronomer

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Epithet: astronomer Title: 1st Baronet British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000000815.0x000381 ...

Rolleston, George

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Epithet: Professor of Anatomy at Oxford University British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000000613.0x000168 ...

Carpenter, William Benjamin

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Epithet: naturalist British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000000613.0x000360 ...

Huxley, Thomas H.

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Rütimeyer, Carl Ludwig, active 1860-1864, Swiss naturalist

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Epithet: Swiss naturalist British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000000543.0x00025c ...

Adams, John Couch, astronomer

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Epithet: astronomer British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000000295.0x000258 ...

Troyon, Frédéric Louis, active 1860-1862, Swiss archaeologist

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Epithet: Swiss archaeologist British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000001083.0x0001de ...

Whitaker, William, -1770

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Epithet: geologist British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000000496.0x000310 Epithet: MD, of Maidstone, county Kent British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000001086.0x000336 Epithet: DD; Master of St. John's College, Cambridge British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Descript...

Prestwich, Joseph

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Epithet: FRS British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000000496.0x00014d ...

Toynbee, Henry, active 1860-1862, FRAS, shipmaster

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Epithet: FRAS, shipmaster British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000001219.0x000125 ...

Evans, John, Sir, KCB, archaeologist

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Epithet: KCB, archaeologist British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000000471.0x000018 ...

Hicks, J. Braxton, 1823-1897

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Epithet: entomologist British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000000688.0x0003df ...

Graham, Thomas, active 1852-1869, FRS, Master of the Mint

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Epithet: FRS, Master of the Mint British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000000471.0x0000ea ...

Blackwall, John, active 1860-1862, zoologist

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Epithet: zoologist British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000000613.0x000386 ...

Williams and Norgate (publishers, of London : active 1100-1958)

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Tyndall, John

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Epithet: FRS; Superintendent of the Royal Institution British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000000438.0x000303 Epithet: FRS; of Add MS 48341 British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000000438.0x0002c0 Epithet: FRS; of Add MS 42582 British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000000438.0x...

Wollaston, Thomas Vernon, active 1848-1878, entomologist

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Epithet: entomologist British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000000750.0x0001b6 ...

Spottiswoode, William, active 1860-1862, physicist

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Epithet: physicist British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000000688.0x0002b2 ...