Identity area
Type of entity
Corporate body
Authorized form of name
Geological Society of Glasgow
Parallel form(s) of name
Standardized form(s) of name according to other rules
Other form(s) of name
Identifiers for corporate bodies
Description area
Dates of existence
1858 to date
History
The Geological Society of Glasgow aimed to unite, into a recognised body, all the friends and advocates of geological science residing in Glasgow and the surrounding districts and to encourage and cultivate geological science generally.
Meetings were held at the Glasgow Athenaeum and there appear to have been links with the Glasgow Mechanics' Institution and Anderson's Institution.
Places
Glasgow, Scotland
Legal status
Functions, occupations and activities
Mandates/sources of authority
Internal structures/genealogy
General context
Relationships area
Related entity
Anderson's College, Glasgow (1796-1887)
Identifier of related entity
C0046
Category of relationship
associative
Dates of relationship
1858-1886
Description of relationship
There were close links between the Geological Society and the College.
Related entity
College of Science and Arts, Glasgow (1827-1887)
Identifier of related entity
C0032
Category of relationship
associative
Dates of relationship
1858-1887
Description of relationship
There were links between the Geological Society and the College.
Related entity
Glasgow Athenaeum (1847-1929)
Identifier of related entity
C0042
Category of relationship
associative
Dates of relationship
From 1858
Description of relationship
Meetings of the Society were held at the Athenaeum.
Access points area
Subject access points
Place access points
Occupations
Control area
Authority record identifier
C0122
Institution identifier
GB 249
Rules and/or conventions used
ISAAR(CPF): International Standard Archival Authority Record for Corporate Bodies, Persons and Families, International Council on Archives (2nd edition, 2003); Rules for the construction of personal, place and corporate names, National Council on Archives (1997).
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Level of detail
Dates of creation, revision and deletion
Created by Lindsey Short, May 2010.