Catalogue description Correspondence of Thomas Belt (1832-1878)
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Reference: | L MSS BEL |
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Title: | Correspondence of Thomas Belt (1832-1878) |
Date: | 1864-1878 |
Held by: | Natural History Museum Library and Archives, not available at The National Archives |
Language: | English |
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Physical description: | Two volumes |
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Born and educated in Newcastle, Belt travelled in Australia, Nova Scotia, Nicaragua and Siberia between the years 1852 and 1878. He worked as a mining geologist, and was particularly interested in glacial geology. Belt wrote The Naturalist in Nicaragua (1874), and was a Fellow of the Geological Society of London. |
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