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TitleMurchison correspondence: letter from Sir Richard John GRIFFITH
Date14 Jun 1855
LevelItem
Extent1 letter
FormatDocument
DescriptionMurchison correspondence: letter from Sir Richard John GRIFFITH, Dublin, 14 Jun 1855. Re: disputes the contents of Robert Harkness' paper on the Upper Silurian of the Dingle Peninsula which was read at the Geological Society of Dublin the previous night; praises the papers of Jukes and Salter; forwards a copy of his latest map of Ireland with his own interpretation of the Palaeozoic formations of Dingle.
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LanguageEnglish
ArchNoteDescription by John Thackray; revised by Caroline Lam.
CreatorNameGRIFFITH | Sir | Richard John | 1st baronet | 1784-1878 | geologist and valuator
Persons
CodePersonNameDates
DS/UK/418GRIFFITH; Sir; Richard John (1784-1878); 1st baronet; geologist and valuator1784-1878
DS/UK/340HARKNESS; Robert (1816-1878); geologist1816-1878
DS/UK/341JUKES; Joseph Beete (1811-1869); geologist1811-1869
DS/UK/158SALTER; John William (1820-1869); palaeontologist1820-1869
DS/UK/2304Geological Society of Dublin; 1831-18941831-1894
Places
CodePlaceName
NA336Ireland
NA468County Kerry
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