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Correspondence of Thomas Belt (1832-1878)
Catalogue reference: L MSS BEL
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- L MSS BEL
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Title (The name of the record)
- Correspondence of Thomas Belt (1832-1878)
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Date (When the record was created)
- 1864-1878
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Held by (Who holds the record)
- Natural History Museum Library and Archives
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Language (The language of the record)
- English
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Creator(s) (The creator of the record)
- <persname>Belt, Thomas, 1832-1878</persname>
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Physical description (The amount and form of the record)
- Two volumes
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Born and educated in Newcastle, Belt travelled in Australia, Nova Scotia, Nicaragua and Siberia between the years 1852 and 1878. He worked as a mining geologist, and was particularly interested in glacial geology. Belt wrote The Naturalist in Nicaragua (1874), and was a Fellow of the Geological Society of London.
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- https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/007c087b-8e14-45f4-8338-f6de193f2b53/
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Correspondence of Thomas Belt (1832-1878)