NAHSTE: Letter to Sir Archibald Geikie from John Hutton Balfour

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Letter to Sir Archibald Geikie from John Hutton Balfour
Item Summary
Reference Code	GB 0237 Sir Archibald Geikie Gen. 524/8/8
Date(s)	30 March 1878
Extent and medium of the unit of description	1 letter
Name of creator	Balfour \| John Hutton \| 1808-1884 \| professor of botany, University of Glasgow and University of Edinburgh
Scope and Content
Scope and Content	Letter to Sir Archibald Geikie from John Hutton Balfour asking if he can procure an obituary for Professor Robert Harkness for the Royal Society [of Edinburgh]. He arranges to talk about Geikie's paper on metamorphic rocks when they meet.
Index
Subjects	Professional Interaction Rocks, Metamorphic
People	Balfour \| John Hutton \| 1808-1884 \| professor of botany, University of Glasgow and University of Edinburgh Geikie \| Sir \| Archibald \| 1835-1924 \| professor of geology, University of Edinburgh Harkness \| Robert \| 1816-1878 \| professor of Geology, Queen's College Cork
Businesses and Organisations	Royal Society of Edinburgh \| 1783-: \| scientific society \| Edinburgh (Scotland)
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Letter to Sir Archibald Geikie from John Hutton Balfour