Item 0018 - Letter, 17 March 1887

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Letter, 17 March 1887

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CA MUA MG 1022-2-1-229-0018

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(1845-1890)

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Samuel Arthur Adamson was born on June 18, 1845, in Holbeck, Yorkshire, England.

He was a well-known and widely esteemed geologist of the Midlands, who provided good service to the cause of science by spreading interest in the progress of geology. He took an active part in the affairs of the local scientific societies becoming the Local Secretary of the Yorkshire Geological Society for the Leeds district. In 1877, he became a Fellow of the Geological Society. He especially devoted his attention to the Carboniferous rocks and the Drift phenomena of his own neighbourhood and published many articles in various geological journals.

In 1871, he married Mary Ann Summersgill. He died in January 1890, in Leeds, Yorkshire West Riding, England.

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Letter from Sam A. Adamson to John William Dawson, written from Leeds.

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2211/136

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