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GB 0402 SSC/8 · 1942-1980

Papers of Vero Louis Bosazza, 1942-1980, comprise papers relating to his work as a geoglogist and include 'The identification of Daka na Moio island in the Shire river', 1969; 'Notes on the journal of Thomas Baines... April 3rd to September 17th 1858', 1970; 'Dr Livingstone's geological description omitted from the published version of Livingstone's African Journals, 1853-1856' (annotated transcipt, prepared from the original held by the National Archives of Rhodesia, 1973); 'David Livingstone, pilot and navigator', 1972 (two vols, typescript, fully annotated, maps, diagrams, tables, photographs and bibliography); 'The magnetic variations along the east coast of Africa, 1822-1969', 1972; ' Discussion on David Livingstone: a Mid-Victorian scientist by Dr D J Siddle', 1974; 'The Pioneer surveys in the Zambesi and Shire valleys and the mapping of Malawi', 1974; 'David Livingstone and his modern critics', 1975 (illustrated with maps, diagrams and photographs); 'Thomas Baines on the Zambesi', 1975. (Illustrated with maps and photograpghs); edited transcripts of: Antonio Jozi's 'Narrative of the proceedings of a small party ... July 1823 ... to explore the course of the river Zambesi' (Archives Library MSS.); and a letter from Thomas Maclear to David Livingstone, 11 July 1865 (Archives Special Collections: David Livingstone), 1976. Papers relating to southern Africa including: 'The Rev Robert Moffat's sextant', 1978; 'The grave of Herbert Rhodes on the Shire river, Malawi'; 1978.

Bosazza , Vero Louis , 1911-1980 , geologist
GB 378 LDGSL/776 · Series · 1858-1919

Scientific and general correspondence addressed to Thomas George Bonney, written between 1858 and 1919. There are 68 letters from 38 correspondents, some of them notable scientific figures such as: Sir Charles Lyell; William Thomson, Lord Kelvin; Joseph Lister; Adam Sedgwick and William Sollas.

Allport , Samuel , 1816-1897 , petrologist Lubbock , Sir , John , first Baron Avebury , 1834-1913 , banker, politican, and scientific writer Bemrose , Henry Arnold , 1857-1939 , printer and publisher Carpenter , William Benjamin , 1813-1885 , biologist and university administrator Crookes , Sir , William , 1832-1919 , Knight , chemist and physicist Darwin , Sir , Francis , 1848-1925 , Knight , botanist Etheridge , Robert, the elder , 1819-1903 , palaeontologist and museum curator Geikie , Archibald , 1835-1924 , geologist and historian Gorst , Sir , John Eldon , 1835-1916 , Knight , politician and lawyer Haast , Sir , (John Francis) Julius von , 1822-1887 , Knight , geologist and explorer Hull , Edward , 1829-1917 , geologist Hunt , Thomas Sterry , 1826-1892 , geologist and chemist Huxley , Thomas Henry , 1825-1895 , biologist and science educationist Thomson , William , Baron Kelvin , 1824-1907 , mathematician and physicist Kingsley ,
Bonney Letters
GB 0103 MS ADD 152 · 1885-1920

Letters from Bonney to W J Sollas.

Bonney , Thomas George , 1833-1923 , geologist
GB 0099 KCLMA Bernal · Created [1944]

Account of his work as Scientific Adviser, Combined Operations, in relation to D-Day, covering the period 5-8 June 1944, France.

Bernal , John Desmond , 1901-1971 , physicist
BARRETT, Lucas (1837-1862)
GB 378 LDGSL/719 · Series · 1859

'Geological map of the Neighbourhood of Cambridge', by Lucas Barrett, 1859. Geological colouring with printed key on base map Ordnance Survey, one inch (Old Series) quarter sheet no.51 (SW Cambridge), by Lt Col Thomas Frederick Colby, published 1 June 1836.

BARRETT , Lucas , 1837-1862 , geologist and oceanographer
Barlow Papers
GB 0103 BARLOW · 1714-1876 (predominant 1821-1876)

Papers of Henry Clark Barlow, comprising papers relating to his Dante studies, both published and unpublished work, including manuscripts and notes for unfinished essays and lectures, titled manuscript notebooks, titled manuscripts, notes from codices and other sources, printed matter, and papers relating to the festivals of Dante; papers relating to his other studies, including a few items on geology and theology, and many sketches relating to the history of art, to architecture and to topography; personal papers, including Barlow's diaries and journals in which he wrote his observations on the architecture, art, geology, history and people of the places he visited, travel notes, and correspondence devoted almost entirely to Dante matters; acquired papers, including photographs, pictures, books, maps, plans, printed matter and ephemera.

Barlow , Henry Clark , 1806-1876 , writer on Dante
GB 0060 DF 5002 · 1897-1989

Correspondence, notes and photographs from C W Andrews' expedition to Christmas Island, 1897-1898, including notes on the birds and other animals of Christmas Island, with a register of photographs; notes on the vegetation and geology of Christmas Island, with a register of plants; notes on the geology of Christmas Island, with a register of rock specimens; rough sketches and notes on the geology of Christmas Island; letters from Andrews to C D Sherborn written from Christmas Island and elsewhere; photographs taken during Captain Pelham Aldrich's visit to Christmas Island in HMS Egeria, 1897-1898 and 1908; photographs taken by Andrews on Cocos-Keeling, 1898; album of photographs taken by Andrews on Christmas Island; leaflet prepared by Graham Collins and others, reprinting a letter from C W Andrews on Christmas Island to C D Sherborn, 11 Sep 1897, with illustrations and calendar of the Christmas Island Natural History Association for 1988, containing reprints of some of C W Andrews' photographs of the island.

Andrews , Charles William , 1866-1924 , geologist