Correspondence from Emmanuel De Margarie

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Emmanuel De Margarie (1862-1953) was librarian to the Société Géologique de France. He wrote to Sir Archibald Geikie concerning a number of geological and other scientific publications (published by Geikie and others). He commented on research into erosion, particularly the work done by Captain Clarence Edward Dutton (1841-1912) on the Grand Canyon. He also wrote about the 1885 excursion of the Société Géologique de France to which Geike was invited. In 1892 he worked on a field trip with Benajamin Neeve Peach (1842-1926). Other correpondence concerned the work of French geologists and introducing a number of students.

The Correspondence from Emmanuel De Margarie sub-series consists of:

• 18 letters, chronologically arranged (1883-1907)

• Erosion
• Geology, Research
• Scholarly Publishing
• Scientific Expeditions
• Students

• De Margerie | Emmanuel | 1862-1953 | librarian to the Geological Society of France
• Dutton | Capt | Clarence Edward | 1841-1912 | American geologist, United States Geological Survey
• Geikie | Sir | Archibald | 1835-1924 | professor of geology, University of Edinburgh
• Peach | Benjamin Neeve | 1842-1926 | geologist

• Société Géologique de France | 1830-: | scientific society

• France
• Grand Canyon (Arizona, United States)