Sir archibald geikie biography of william hill

  • Sir Archibald Geikie was a British geologist who became the foremost advocate of the fluvial theories of erosion.
  • Sir Archibald Geikie KCB, OM, FRS (–) was one of the most eminent geologists of the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries.
  • He was a good lecturer and was a recognized authority on Scottish geology.

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    Geikie, Archibald

    (b. Edinburgh, Scotland, 28 December ; d. Haslemere, Surrey, England, 10 November )

    geology.

    Geikie was the son of James Stuart Geikie, an Edinburgh businessman who was also a composer and music critic. His mother, Isabella Thom, was the daughter of a captain in the merchant marine. After three years at Black’s School he went in , at the age of ten, to Edinburgh High School, where he remained for kvartet years. The education there was almost entirely classical, which was fortunate for Geikie, who showed a remarkable quality of mind and a great zest for study, and took full advantage of it to lay the foundation for his outstanding achievements in the literary exposition of science. Holiday pursuits, mostly of a scientific nature, suddenly became concentrated on geology when, with some of his schoolmates, Geikie found fossils in the limestone quarries of Burdiehouse, a few miles south of Edinburgh. His father introduced him to some of the professors and savant

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    Geological Survey under Sir Archibald Geikie, –

    IV The Geological Survey beneath Sir Archibald Geikie

    On the first day of January Archibald Geikie succeeded Sir Andrew Ramsay as Director-General. The selection of Geikie for this responsible poet was a fairly obvious one, as his merits were very generally recognized and he had no serious competitor. Since he had served on the Geological Survey of Scotland, and had acquired a wide knowledge of field geology and much experience in administrative and literary work. Both Murchison and Ramsay had regarded him with great favour and he had been faithful and diligent in his duties. He was widely known, not only in Britain but in amerika, as an exponent of geological science.

    Sir Roderick Murchison, in order to stimulate the study of geology in Scotland, had offered a substantial sum (£6,) to the University of Edinburgh in order to found a Chair of Geology. Additional money was obtained from the Government and Geikie was selected to be

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    • Geikie, Archibald, , contrib.: Album of Photographs and Sketches, With a Portfolio of Panoramic Views (London: Royal Society, ), by British National Antarctic Expedition (), also contrib. by Edward Wilson
    • Geikie, Archibald, Landscape in History, and Other Essays (London and New York: Macmillan, )
    • Geikie, Archibald, , ed.: Theory of the Earth, With Proofs and Illustrations (posthumously edited partial text of planned third volume, based on Hutton's notes, with index to two previously published volumes; London: Geological Society, ), by James Hutton

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    • Geikie, Archibald, The ancient volcanoes of Great Britain (Macmillan, ) (page images at HathiTrust)
    • Geikie, Archibald, The Ancient Volcanoes of Great Britain, Volume 1 (