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Prestwich, Sir Joseph, (1812-1896), Knight, geologist

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Surname: Prestwich
Pretitle: Sir
Forenames: Joseph
Gender: Male
Date: 1812-1896
Title: Knight
Biography: ODNB link for Prestwich, Sir Joseph (1812-1896) Knight Geologist
Name authority reference: GB/NNAF/P165389 (Former ISAAR ref: GB/NNAF/P23419 )
Collections
Number Description Held by Reference Further information
1
1832-90: field notebooks and papers
Geological Society of London
Deposited Papers/Prestwich
NRA 28354 Geological Soc

See HMC MS papers of British scientists 1600-1940, 1982
2
corresp and papers
British Geological Survey Archives
IGS3
NRA 18675 Inst of Geol

See Bridson, Natural history MS resources 1980
3
corresp, notebook, papers and fossil collection day books
Oxford University: Museum of Natural History
Geological Collections
NRA 42536 Oxford

See HMC MS papers of British scientists 1600-1940, 1982
4
1858-96: corresp with Hugh Falconer
Falconer Museum
NRA 20690 Falconer

See Bridson, Natural history MS resources 1980
5
1871-95: letters (40) to Sir Archibald Geikie
Edinburgh University Library, Special Collections
Coll/74
6
1850-96: letters to WE Gladstone and others
British Library, Manuscript Collections
See Index of MSS, VIII, 1985
7
1849-73: corresp with Charles Lyell (40 items)
Edinburgh University Library, Special Collections
Coll/203
8
c1879-86: corresp, mainly letters to Sir EB Poulton
Oxford University: Museum of Natural History
NRA 42507 Oxford
9
1860-85: letters to Sir George Stokes
Cambridge University Library: Department of Manuscripts and University Archives
Add 7342, 7656
NRA 20700 Stokes