Correspondence [manuscript]. 1856-1858.
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Smyth, R. Brough (Robert Brough), 1830-1889
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Robert Brough Smyth (1830-1889), was a geologist and mineralogist, Victorian civil servant, amateur meteorologist and anthropologist. This collection of his papers relates mainly to his work in the Victorian civil service, and to his geological and anthropological interests. From the description of Papers [manuscript]. (Libraries Australia). WorldCat record id: 225771835 Robert Brough Smyth was a geologist and mineralogist, Victorian civil servant, amateur meteorologist and ...
Sedgwick, Adam, 1785-1873
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Adam Sedgwick was one of the founders of modern geology. He proposed the Devonian period of the geological timescale. Later, he proposed the Cambrian period, based on work which he did on Welsh rock strata. Though he had guided the young Charles Darwin in his early study of geology, Sedgwick was an outspoken opponent of Darwin's theory of evolution by means of natural selection. From the description of Letter to Richard Owen, [1860?], January 8. (Huntington Library, Art Collections &...
