Geological Society of Glasgow

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Type of entity

Corporate body

Authorized form of name

Geological Society of Glasgow

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        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

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        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.

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        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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        Dates of creation, revision and deletion

        Created by Lindsey Short, May 2010.

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