The uneasy correspondence between T. H. Huxley and E. P. Wright on fossil vertebrates found in Jarrow, Co. Kilkenny (1865–67)

The collection of Carboniferous fish and amphibian fossils found in Jarrow in 1864 has been the object of several studies, and has resided successively in at least three Irish museums. This paper draws from the Huxley archives in Imperial College London and from other archives to trace the history o...

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Published in:	Notes and records of the Royal Society of London 2011-09, Vol.65 (3), p.253-271
Main Authors:	DeArce, Miguel, Monaghan, Nigel T., Wyse Jackson, Patrick N.
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Subjects:	Amphibians Archives Coal Edward Perceval Wright Fossil Amphibians Fossils Geological surveys Geology Irish history Jarrow Natural history Paleontology Thomas Henry Huxley Trinity College Dublin Vertebrates William Hellier Baily
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