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Geikie, Archibald, 1835-1924 (32)

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Archibald Geikie was born in Edinburgh in 1835. He was educated at Edinburgh High School and the University of Edinburgh. In 1855, he joined the Geological Survey of Scotland, becoming its director in 1867. Between 1871 and 1882, he was professor of geology and mineralogy at the University of Edinburgh, and from 1882 until his retirement in 1901, served as director general of the Geological Survey of Great Britain. Geikie did much to further the study of glacial deposits in Scotl...

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Geikie, Archibald, Sir, KCB, geologist (15)

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Epithet: KCB, geologist

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Geikie, Archibald (2)

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Geikie, Sir Archibald, 1835-1924 (3)

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Geikie, A. C. (Archibald Constable), 1821-1898 (2)

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Geikie | Sir | Archibald | 1835-1924 | professor of geology, University of Edinburgh (2)

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James Geikie ( 1839-1915 ) was the leading British authority on Pleistocene geology. He developed the theory, through observations in Scotland and Continental Europe, that during ice-ages mild inter-glacial periods interrupted the glacial period as a whole. He originated the current belief that human habitation continued in Europe throughout the glacial period. Geikie undertook classes at the University of Edinburgh while working in a printer's office. In 1861 he took...

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