Persifor Frazer papers, 1882-1906 1882-1906

ArchivalResource

Persifor Frazer papers, 1882-1906 1882-1906

The letters to Persifor Frazer cover primarily matters related to geology and mineralogy. A portion of the correspondence, principally from British scientists, concerns the 1884 meeting in Philadelphia of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (B F867).

1.0 Linear feet, c. 220 items in 2 boxes

Information

SNAC Resource ID: 6631561

Related Entities

There are 119 Entities related to this resource.

Leidy, Joseph, 1823-1891

http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w6gc2v8n (person)

Philadelphia-born naturalist. Leidy studied medicine and anatomy and received the degree of M.D. at the University of Pennsylvania in 1844. He died in 1891 recognized as the foremost American anatomist of his time. Among many interests, parasitology had been a favorite study of Leidy. From the description of Joseph Leidy journal: Researches on rhizopods, 1875-1877. (University of Pennsylvania Library). WorldCat record id: 214283687 ...

Haddon, Alfred C. (Alfred Cort), 1855-1940

http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w689165h (person)

Brown, H. Binney

http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w6914qvc (person)

Hunt, Thomas Sterry, 1826-1892

http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w6zg6x17 (person)

Chemist and geologist. From the description of Letter of Thomas Sterry Hunt, 1887. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 79451083 ...

Worthington, A. W.

http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w6vv4db5 (person)

Marshall, A. Milnes (Arthur Milnes), 1852-1893

http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w6r04xvj (person)

Woodall, John W.

http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w6mq7rw2 (person)

Brown, John

http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w6fr9kmz (person)

Epithet: King's Painter British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000000704.0x000282 Epithet: private in the 51st regiment British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000001185.0x000256 Epithet: attendant on Qu Victoria British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000000206.0x000305 Ep...

King, E. M.

http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w6bh59wc (person)

Loudon, J.

http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w6wn43gg (person)

Whittall, J.

http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w6v24rpv (person)

Le Neve Foster, C.

http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w6m45hpv (person)

Ribblesdale, Thomas Lister, Baron, 1854-1925

http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w6w487x9 (person)

Epithet: hymnographer British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000001185.0x0002bd Epithet: MP for Clitheroe British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000000443.0x000236 Epithet: MP for Lincoln; of Sloane MS 645 British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_...

Barker, Jessie M.

http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w6wn42mv (person)

Gisborne, F. N.

http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w6dk84dg (person)

Pullar, Robert

http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w6kr0rhh (person)

Stewardson, J. H.

http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w6wr2rvj (person)

Readman, J. B.

http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w6hc1t9m (person)

Burton, Frederick M.

http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w6sc6vgn (person)

Browne, Walter R. (Walter Raleigh), 1842-1884

http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w63p0tz4 (person)

Pegler, Alfred

http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w6qm053z (person)

Craigie, P. G.

http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w66z2020 (person)

Ommanney, Erasmus

http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w6pt0hpg (person)

Perry, A. J. (Andrew John), 1958-

http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w66f8ftb (person)

Cooke, Conrad William, 1843-1926

http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w69g9qvr (person)

Epithet: electrical engineer British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000000445.0x0000eb ...

Hayden, F. V. (Ferdinand Vandeveer), 1829-1887

http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w69k4cjq (person)

Geologist who began his career as a teacher in Oberlin, Ohio. From the description of Ferdinand V. Hayden papers, 1846-1865. (Rhinelander District Library). WorldCat record id: 18376030 Surveyor and geologist. From the description of Hayden, F. V. (Ferdinand Vandeveer), 1829-1887 (U.S. National Archives and Records Administration). naId: 10570213 F. V. Hayden (1829-1887) was a physician turned geologist, explorer, and naturalist; originally of Westfield,...

Dobson, G. E.

http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w6xx75zs (person)

Pim, Bedford

http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w65840gx (person)

Ravenstein, Ernst Georg, 1834-1913

http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w6nk5kfb (person)

Blanford, William Thomas, 1832-1905

http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w6p27jm2 (person)

William Thomas Blanford was an English geologist and naturalist. Blanford was editor of The fauna of British India, 1st ed., 1888- and author of the vol. on Mammalia. He was the co-author of the vol. on Testacellidae and Zonitidae (vol. 1 of Mollusca), 1908- W.A. (Walter Ambrose Heath) Harding was a zoologist specializing in leeches. Harding was co-author of the vol. on Hirudinea for The fauna of British India, 1927. From the descripti...

Reynolds, A. H.

http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w6914skm (person)

Barker, Arthur A.

http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w6kt9dg1 (person)

Durham, Thomas

http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w6429m3z (person)

Ransom, Edwin

http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w6p10w8q (person)

Briggs, Arthur, 1901-1991

http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w6d91zw8 (person)

Jackson, Alfred H.

http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w6t27r89 (person)

Wright, Arthur (Guitarist)

http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w6q91cr7 (person)

Epithet: Rector of Coningsby British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000000507.0x00013b Epithet: nephew of Sir J Franklin British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000000507.0x00013a ...

American Association for the Advancement of Science

http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w64f5jc0 (corporateBody)

Edmund W. Sinnott was president of the American Association for the Advancement of Science at the time of this correspondence. Walter G. Berl was an editor for the Association. From the description of Letters, 1948-1971, to Lewis Mumford. (University of Pennsylvania Library). WorldCat record id: 155878457 ...

Trail, J.W.H. (James William Helenus), 1851-1919

http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w60600d8 (person)

Westwood Oliver, J. A.

http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w67j47wk (person)

Ross, A.

http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w6g28n16 (person)

Horniman, Frederick John, 1835-1906

http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w6mf1m0q (person)

Haeckel, Ernst, 1834-1919

http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w63n2mxm (person)

Important German biologist, naturalist, philosopher, physician, professor and artist who discovered and named thousands of new species and is credited with coining the word ecology. From the description of Ernst Haeckel manuscripts and publications, 1876-1888. (State Historical Society of Iowa, Library). WorldCat record id: 608105579 Ernst Haeckel was a German zoologist. In 1862 he became a professor of comparative anatomy and director of the Zoological Institute of the Univ...

Heath, Thomas

http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w6bq0702 (person)

Epithet: of Add MS 28234 British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000000390.0x00003d Epithet: Postmaster at Cobham British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000000390.0x00003f ...

Leidy, Joseph, jr.

http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w62w544r (person)

Shadwell, John Lancelot

http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w6mf1ksm (person)

Schuster, Arthur, Sir, 1851-1934

http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w64t6krh (person)

Physicist. Fellow of the Royal Society. From the description of Papers, 1875-1911. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 81640450 Educated at Genera, Owens College, Manchester, Heidelberg. Ph. D. Heidelberg. He was professor of Physics in the University of Manchester 1888-1907. F. R. S. 1879. Secretary of Royal Society 1912-1919. Foreign Secretary of Royal Society 1920-1924. Royal Medal 1893. Rumford Medal 1926. President of British Association 1915. Copley Medallist R. S. 1931. ...

Mactear, J.

http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w60t29n3 (person)

McKendrik, John G.

http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w6r62csb (person)

Williams, E. Starbuck

http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w6p10vvx (person)

Rideal, Samuel

http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w6s59fcd (person)

Pearson, Helen E.

http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w6rs4mvr (person)

Hubbet, R. G.

http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w6q9435f (person)

Savery, G. M.

http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w6041csf (person)

Dowson, J. Emerson (Joseph Emerson), 1844-

http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w61h39jb (person)

Weldon, Walter, 1832-1885

http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w6864hht (person)

Liveing, G. D. (George Downing), 1827-1924

http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w67h1gsn (person)

Hotblacu, George S.

http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w61m1zdp (person)

Bertrand, Charles-Eugène 1851-1917

http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w65z2bqb (person)

Epithet: French botanist British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000000613.0x000148 ...

Pullar, Rufus D.

http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w68f2k0k (person)

Frazer, Persifor, 1844-1909

http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w6kd1zm8 (person)

Persifor Frazer was a geologist and mineralogist. From the description of Papers, 1884. (American Philosophical Society Library). WorldCat record id: 122632840 Persifor Frazer (1844–1909, APS 1872) was a geologist and handwriting expert. He participated in geological surveys for the United States and for Pennsylvania and, after 1870, held the chair in chemistry at the University of Pennsylvania. He also published a manual on handwriting and, as a specialist in t...

Spanton, W. Dunnett

http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w6dd0qh3 (person)

Arnold, Edward M.

http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w6tk18tk (person)

Beverley, Michael

http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w6hv599r (person)

Cotterill, Professor

http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w6vv4d5x (person)

Rayleigh, Clara

http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w6pd5rtx (person)

Saunders, Trelawney, 1821-1910

http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w6w50hkf (person)

Dallinger, W. H., (William Henry)

http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w6c37hbm (person)

Hoffmann, G. M.

http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w6pd5pt3 (person)

Bevan, J. O. (James Oliver)

http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w6xx77x5 (person)

Baker, John

http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w6gn80hg (person)

Epithet: of Add MS 38463 British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000000677.0x0001ce Epithet: of Egerton MS 3351 British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000000677.0x0001d2 Epithet: of Newthorpe British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000000615.0x00037c Epithet: Privy Councill...

Taylor, C.

http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w6jv05xk (person)

Epithet: of Sun Fire Office British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000000624.0x00031b ...

HAYWARD, ROBERT B.

http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w63k61vh (person)

Woodcock, T.

http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w60h67x8 (person)

Spruce, Samuel

http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w6jb8vsx (person)

Salt, Shirley H.

http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w67b6sjd (person)

Peace, G. H.

http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w6xx76k8 (person)

Harley, George, 1791-1871

http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w6z13s5r (person)

Epithet: of Sloane MS 258 British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000001094.0x0002fe ...

Wrightson, Thomas

http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w6cs8h0d (person)

Robertson, G. H. (George Harcourt), 1943-

http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w65g1cp3 (person)

Slattery, James W.

http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w6vj8953 (person)

Thompson, Isaac Grant, 1840-1879

http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w6hr6p4d (person)

Fewings, James

http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w6s30rtv (person)

Cooke Taylor, R. W.

http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w6wb7z3x (person)

Cotterill, James H. (James Henry), 1836-1922

http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w60702wq (person)

Suess, Edward

http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w62p7qfh (person)

Moseley, H. N.

http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w6012pvd (person)

Hudson, William H. H.

http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w6ph4dgz (person)

Ramsay, William, 1852-1916

http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w6h132rn (person)

Chemist. Fellow of the Royal Society. From the description of Correspondence with Lord Rayleigh about argon, 1887-1907. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 155003974 Professor of General Chemistry at University College London, 1887-1912. Fellow of the Royal Society. From the description of Papers, 1870-1916. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 82743733 English scientist. Winner of Nobel Prize in Chemistry, 1904. Discoverer of argon, helium, neon, krypton. ...

Jackson, Major, 1968-....

http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w6r810xw (person)

Hall, James, 1811-1898

http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w6qz2c60 (person)

Geologist and paleontologist who served several years as the state geologist of Iowa (1855-1858). He began his career as a geologist in New York in the 1830s and also served as the state geologist for Wisconsin (1857-1860). From the description of Geological report of Iowa, 1860. (State Historical Society of Iowa, Library). WorldCat record id: 608305948 Hall was educated at the Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute in Troy, N.Y. and studied under Amos Eaton. He worked on the New ...

Cunningham, D. J. (Daniel John), 1850-1909

http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w6400v63 (person)

Godson, Alfred

http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w6cp9skp (person)

Marshall, William P.

http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w6gk25kg (person)

Alger, W. H.

http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w6vf9n0b (person)

Gwyther, R. F.

http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w63c8n0f (person)

Bertrand, Charles-Eugène 1851-1917

http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w65z2bqb (person)

Epithet: French botanist British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000000613.0x000148 ...

Seville, Thomas

http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w6m747jd (person)

Butcher, W. Draur

http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w66j74pg (person)

Wells, Edward

http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w6g557b5 (person)

Epithet: DD British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000001028.0x0001c2 ...

Carver, Alfred J.

http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w69h881k (person)

Foster, Le Neve

http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w6r33njv (person)

Geikie, James, 1839-1915

http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w63j3xk6 (person)

Westlake, Ernest, 1855-1922

http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w6t43t7v (person)

Stewart, George, Jr.

http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w6vr5r4z (person)

Fox, Charles

http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w6rw0dvs (person)

Epithet: scientific writer of Trebah British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000000862.0x0002d2 Epithet: writer for The Gramophone British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000001026.0x0001df Epithet: Councillor to Qu Catharine of Braganza British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000001...

Ross, W. A.

http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w6rs4kvb (person)

Baynes, Robert E.

http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w6jh67r0 (person)

Rigg, Arthur

http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w6d6154v (person)

Epithet: Reverend; of Chester British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000001195.0x0000f8 ...

Stone, W. H. (William Henry), 1830-1891

http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w60d7jsj (person)

David, A. J.

http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w6jj67rb (person)

McClure, J. H. (John H.)

http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w6qd2sq5 (person)

Martin, John B.

http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w6wf6nqx (person)

Dowling, J. F.

http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w6nm62kn (person)

Saunders, Howard

http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w6649f19 (person)

Epithet: ornithologist British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000000815.0x00017d ...

Browne, Walter

http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w69m701x (person)

Mulhall, Michael G.

http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w6c668zf (person)

Story, James

http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w6914s6p (person)

Nutt, Lilian M.

http://n2t.net/ark:/99166/w6zb2089 (person)