Correspondence to Sir Archibald Geikie: FW Egan to John Evans

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Sir Archibald Geikie corresponded with a number of people both socially and professionally. This sub-series includes the following correspondents:

There is a small amount of correspondence with FW Egan of the Geological Survey of Ireland. More lengthy professional correspondence with Geikie came from paleontologist Sir Philip De Malpas Egerton (1806-1881) concerning Sir Roderick Impey Murchison and letters of Murchison which Egerton lent Geikie. Another paleontologist, William Willoughby Cole, 3rd Earl of Enniskillen (1807-1886) wrote to Geikie concerning On the Fossil Fishes of the Carboniferous Limestone Series of Great Britain, (1883).

Correspondence took place with the geologist and paleontologist Robert Etheridge (1819-1903) and a smaller amount with Etheridge's son, also Robert Etheridge (1846-1920), who was also a geologist and paleontologist. Geikie corresponded with archaeologist John Evans (1823-1908), Treasurer of the Royal Society, on a number of professional matters including those related to professional affiliations such as financial donations.

The Correspondence to Sir Archibald Geikie: FW Egan to John Evans sub-series consists of:

• 2 letters from FW Egan (1897-1900)
• 5 letters from Sir Philip De Malpas Grey Egerton (1871-1875)
• 4 letters from the Earl of Enniskillen (1884-1896)
• 9 letters from Robert Etheridge snr. (1869-1879)
• 2 letters from Robert Etheridge jnr. (1872-1873)
• 5 letters from John Evans (1866-1900)

• Biography
• Fossils
• Paleontology
• Professional Interaction
• Scholarly Publishing
• Social Interaction

• Cole | William Willoughby | 1807-1886 | third Earl of Enniskillen | paleontologist
• Egan | FW | fl1897-1900 | member of the Geological Survey of Ireland
• Etheridge | Robert | 1819-1903 | geologist and paleontologist
• Etheridge | Robert | 1846 - 1920 | geologist and paleontologist
• Evans | Sir | John | 1823-1908 | archaeologist and numismatist
• Geikie | Sir | Archibald | 1835-1924 | professor of geology, University of Edinburgh
• Grey-Egerton | Philip De Malpas | 1806-1881 | paleontologist

• Royal Society | c1645-: | scientific society | London (England)