| 1 | Creator: | Guyot, A., (Arnold), 1807-1884 | Requires cookie* | | | Title: | Arnold Guyot Collection
| | | | Dates: | 1857-1882 | | | | Abstract: | One of the most prominent scientific refugees from the political turmoil of 1848, Arnold Guyot made fundamental contributions to the study of geology, glaciology, and meteorology on two continents. After emigrating to the United States, Guyot established himself as Professor of Geology and Physical Geography at Princeton, remaining untilhis death in 1884.
The Guyot Collection consists of 61 letters written by Louis Agassiz (15 items), his wife Elizabeth (32), and their son Alexander (14), to their friend and fellow naturalist, Arnold Guyot. Primarily personal in nature, the letters reflect a long and intimate friendship, making frequent mention of family and mutual friends. There is, however, comparatively little in the collection relating to their respective scientific endeavors, with only a few references to the situation at the Museum of Comparative Zoology and at Princeton, to publications of various sorts, to the difficulties of their mutual friend Leo Lesquereux, and to other colleagues. | | | | Call #: | Mss.B.G98 | | | | Extent: | 0.25 Linear feet | | | | Sections: |
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| | | | Subjects: | Geology | Guyot, A., (Arnold), 1807-1884 | Lesquereux, Leo, 1806-1889 | Museum of Comparative Zoology | Paleobotany | Paleontology | Scudder, Samuel Hubbard, 1837-1911 | |
| 2 | Creator: | Wallace, Alfred Russel, 1823-1913 | Requires cookie* | | | Title: | Alfred Russel Wallace Collection
| | | | Dates: | 1867-1913 | | | | Abstract: | A prime exponent of evolutionary theory in the late nineteenth century, the British naturalist Alfred Russel Wallace arrived independently at the theory of natural selection nearly simultaneously with Charles Darwin. The numerous publications that emerged from his extended field excusions into the Amazon Basin and the Malay Archipelago (Indonesia) Wallace resulted in major contributions to evolutionary theory, biogeography, ecology, and ethnography, and made Wallace, by the end of his life, one of the best known naturalists in Britain. A Socialist, social progressive, and Spiritualist, Wallace's distinctive take on evolutionary change differed from the Darwinian mainstream in significant ways.
The Wallace Collection is a miscellaneous assemblage of letters written by and to Alfred Russel Wallace, primarily during the last twenty five years of his life. Varied in content, the letters touch on Wallace's views on evolution, Spiritualism, and to a less degree, his progressive social commitments. | | | | Call #: | Mss.B.W15a | | | | Extent: | 0.25 Linear feet | | | | Sections: |
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| | | | Subjects: | Birks, Edward | Brazil | Cats | Collins, William Jon, 1859-1946 | Darwin, Charles, 1809-1882 | Evans, Edmund, 1826-1905 | Evolution (Biology) | Farmer, W. J. | Gladstone, W. E., (William Ewart), 1809-1898 | Harrison, Benjamin, 1837-1921 | Harting, James Edmund, 1841-1929 | Hooker, Joseph Dalton, Sir, 1817-1911 | Lippitt, Francis James, 1812-1902 | Maskelyne, John Nevil, 1839-1917 | Merlons, Hugo | Miller, Dewitt, 1857-1911 | Natural history--Great Britain | Natural selection | Poe, Edgar Allen, 1809-1849 | Pontifex, Arthur | Riley, James Whitcomb, 1849-1916 | Salt, Henry Stephens, 1851-1939 | Sargent, Epes, 1813-1880 | Scudder, Samuel Hubbard, 1837-1911 | Spiritualism--Great Britain | Wallace, Alfred Russel, 1823-1913 | |
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