Charles Lyell
1797 - 1875
- Born
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14 November 1797
Family residence at Kinnordy, near Kirriemuir, Forfarshire, Scotland
- Died
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22 February 1875
His house at 53 Harley Street, London
- Nationality
- British
- Gender
- Male
- Date of election for Royal Society fellowship
- 02/02/1826
- Relationships
- Married (12 July 1832) Mary Elizabeth, daughter of Leonard Horner (FRS 1813)
- Catalogue
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- Wikipedia
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Author of
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Referee's report by George Julius Poulett Scrope, on a paper 'On the formation of continuous tabular masses of stony lava on steep slopes; with remarks on the mode of origin of Mount Etna, and the theory of craters of elevation' by Charles Lyell
Creator: George Julius Poulett Scrope Reference number: RR/3/184
Referee of
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Referee's report by Charles Lyell and Edward Forbes, on a paper 'Observations on some belemnites and other fossil remains of Cephalopoda, discovered by Mr. Reginald Neville Mantell, C. E. in the Oxford clay near Trowbridge, in Wiltshire' by Gideon Algernon Mantell
Creator: Charles Lyell, Edward Forbes Reference number: RR/1/161 -
Referee's report by Charles Lyell, on a paper 'Astronomical experiment on the peak of Teneriffe, carried out under the sanction of the lords commissioners of the admiralty' by Charles Piazzi Smyth
Creator: Charles Lyell Reference number: RR/3/253 -
Referee's report by Charles Lyell, on a paper 'On the occurrence of flint-implements, associated with the remains of animals of extinct species in beds of a late geological period, in France at Amiens and Abbeville, and in England at Hoxne' by Joseph Prestwich
Creator: Charles Lyell Reference number: RR/4/207 -
Referee's report by Charles Lyell, on a paper 'Theoretical considerations on the conditions under which the (drift) deposits containing the remains of extinct mammalia and flint implements were accumulated, and on their geological age. - On the Loess of the valleys of the South of England, and of the Somme and the Seine' by Joseph Prestwich
Creator: Charles Lyell Reference number: RR/5/208
Recipient of
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Copy letter, from Sir John Herschel to Sir Charles Lyell, dated at Collingwood
Creator: John Frederick William Herschel Reference number: HS/11/423 -
Copy letter, from Sir John Herschel to Sir Charles Lyell, dated at Collingwood
Creator: John Frederick William Herschel Reference number: HS/11/428 -
Draft letter, from Sir John Herschel to Sir Charles Lyell
Creator: John Frederick William Herschel Reference number: HS/11/429 -
Copy letter, from Sir John Herschel to Sir Charles Lyell, dated at Collingwood
Creator: John Frederick William Herschel Reference number: HS/11/430 -
Copy letter, from Sir John Herschel to Sir Charles Lyell, dated at Collingwood
Creator: John Frederick William Herschel Reference number: HS/11/433 -
Draft letter, from Sir John Herschel to Sir Charles Lyell, dated at Collingwood
Creator: John Frederick William Herschel Reference number: HS/11/435
Most frequently corresponded with
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John Frederick William Herschel
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