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TitleMurchison correspondence: letter from John FLEMING
Date31 Oct 1853
LevelItem
Extent1 letter
FormatDocument
DescriptionMurchison correspondence: letter from John FLEMING, Sea Grove House, Leith, Edinburgh, 31 Oct 1853. Re: Explains why his application for the Chair of Natural History at Edinburgh University was unsuccessful; the geology of his immediate neighbourhood being a 'fine illustration of the Physiology of Rocks'.
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LanguageEnglish
ArchNoteDescription by John Thackray; revised by Caroline Lam.
CreatorNameFLEMING | John | 1785-1857 | naturalist and Free Church of Scotland minister
Previous referenceLDGSL 838/M/F8
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CodePersonNameDates
DS/UK/2134FLEMING; John (1785-1857); naturalist and Free Church of Scotland minister1785-1857
DS/UK/79FORBES; Edward (1815-1854); natural historian and curator1815-1854
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