Notes by Ralph Richardson from Lectures by Sir Archibald Geikie 1871-1872

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Richardson | Ralph | 1845-1933 | Writer to the Signet

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Ralph Richardson (1845-1933) was born in Edinburgh, the son of James Richardson FRSE and Alison Ponton Black (daughter of Edinburgh Lord Provost Adam Black). His early education was at Edinburgh High School, then Edinburgh Academy. He studied in Dresden, the University of Edinburgh and the Collège de France in Paris. In 1869 he became Writer to the Signet. In 1872, Richardson became the Edinburgh Geological Society's Honorary Secretary, a post he held until 1880 when he ...

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

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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 up...