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GB 249 T-GED/9/2314 · Item · [c. 1890s]
Part of Patrick Geddes papers

Incomplete. Discussion of sex, answering queries posited by [ ] Wallace, a Weismannite who does not believe in [Jean Baptiste] Lamarck's views. The Stewarts are going to Australia for Ella's health.

Thomson, Sir John Arthur, 1861-1933, Knight, zoologist
GB 249 T-GED/9/1240 · Item · 5 January 1914
Part of Patrick Geddes papers

Discusses his reply to publishers, Walter Scott Publishing Company, on the failure to uphold the agreement in the decade since the edition of The Evolution of Sex was published, and a denial of Frederick J. Crowest's claim of leftover stock as reason for not paying royalties. Expresses his desire to 'get away from this firm altogether'.

Thomson, Sir John Arthur, 1861-1933, Knight, zoologist
GB 249 T-GED/9/956A · Item · [17 November 1910]
Part of Patrick Geddes papers

Incomplete. University Hall, Edinburgh, and the need for further financial support. Suggests that J. Martin White or the Education Department or Edinburgh University might be called upon for assistance.

Thomson, Sir John Arthur, 1861-1933, Knight, zoologist
GB 249 T-GED/9/371 · Item · 28 October 1901
Part of Patrick Geddes papers

With reference to J. Stuart-Glennie and his resolve to 'raise an action against Professor Ramsay here for slander', over a matter of a lost manuscript, if he does not obtain Gifford lectureship in Edinburgh. Thomson feels it would be 'unwise, futile and unworthy'. Asks Geddes to write to Stuart-Glennie and give him advice.

Thomson, Sir John Arthur, 1861-1933, Knight, zoologist
GB 249 T-GED/9/39 · Item · 11 June 1889
Part of Patrick Geddes papers

Discusses progress of a joint forthcoming publication [probably The Evolution of Sex, 1889, in collaboration with J. Arthur Thomson]. Thomson highlights his recent articles in the Leader. Reference to [ ] McNab. Incomplete.

Thomson, Sir John Arthur, 1861-1933, Knight, zoologist
GB 249 T-GED/9/37 · Item · 29 May 1889
Part of Patrick Geddes papers

Discusses plans, costs and photographs for a publication project [probably the forthcoming publication of The Evolution of Sex, in collaboration with J. Arthur Thomson]. Reference to Mr. Ellis and Mr. Pairman. Incomplete.

Thomson, Sir John Arthur, 1861-1933, Knight, zoologist
GB 249 T-GED/9/17 · Item · 5 December 1887
Part of Patrick Geddes papers

The pursuit of knowledge. Criticism of 'Vestiges' - the progress of man, (with a thought diagram), mentioning the theories of Weismann, Darwin, Oliphant, Fiske and Miss Buckly and stressing his belief in the importance of the reproductive factor. Commentary on disestablishment of the church. The Duke of Argyll's attack on natural selection: he is 'tolerably far gone in muddleheadedness'. Reference to Fothergill, Erasmus, [Jean Baptiste] Lamarck, Robert Chambers and Thomas Huxley.

Thomson, Sir John Arthur, 1861-1933, Knight, zoologist