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Geikie's gravestone in St Bartholomew's churchyard, Haslemere, Surrey U.K. The inscription reads: "To the dear memory of Archibald Geikie OM KCB Born in Edinburgh 28 Dec 1835 Died at Haslemere 10 Nov 1924. Wisdom is a treasure that never faileth, Which they that use become the friends of God"
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by the action of running water. Geikie's book, based on extensive personal knowledge of the country, was an able contribution to the doctrines of the Edinburgh school, of which he himself soon began to rank as one of the leaders. In 1880, he was elected as a member to the
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supplied him with valuable data in explanation of volcanic phenomena. The results of his further researches were given in an essay entitled "The History of Volcanic Action during the Tertiary Period in the British Isles," in
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Group photo taken during the aforementioned geological field excursion to Harpers Ferry, West Virginia, May 1897. Sir Archibald Geikie is in the top row, second from the left, wearing a light-colored jacket.
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volcanic history of Britain. Many difficult problems, however, remained to be solved. Here he was greatly aided by his extensive travels not only throughout Europe, but in western America. While the
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In 1871, Geikie married Alice Gabrielle Anne Marie Pignatel, daughter of Eugene Pignatel of Lyons. They had a son Roderick (killed in early life) and three daughters, Lucie, Elsie and Gabrielle.
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In 1867, when a separate branch of the Geological Survey was established for Scotland, he was appointed director. On the foundation of the Murchison professorship of geology and
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in 1865. Geikie was Foreign Secretary of the Royal Society from 1890 to 1894, Joint Secretary from 1903 to 1908 and elected president in 1909 and awarded their
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in 1862. Geikie completed a larger map in 1892. In 1863 he published an important essay "On the Phenomena of the Glacial Drift of Scotland", in
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and he succeeded Sir Andrew Ramsay in the joint offices of Director-General of the Geological Survey of the United Kingdom and Director of the
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consists of the inaugural course of lectures (founded by Mrs George Huntington Williams) at
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geology, and in 1871 he brought before the Geological Society of London an outline of the
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in Great Britain improved largely due to his efforts. Among his works on this subject is
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Geikie completed some early geological mapping with Murchison on complicated regions of
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Geikie was born in Edinburgh in 1835, the eldest son of Isabella Thom and her husband
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Biographical Index of Former Fellows of the Royal Society of Edinburgh 1783–2002
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Oldroyd, David. "Geikie, Sir Archibald (1835-1924), geologist and historian".
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From the outset of his career, when he started to investigate the geology of
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The Story of a Boulder; or, Gleanings from the notebook of a field geologist
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in 1891 and 1892, and again in 1906 and 1907. He was also President of the
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The Story of a Boulder: Or Gleanings from a Note-book of a Field Geologist
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The Story of a Boulder; or, Gleanings from the Note-Book of a Geologist
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confirmed his long-standing views on erosion, the volcanic regions of
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The Geological Structure of the North-West Highlands of Scotland
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The Geological Structure of the North-West Highlands of Scotland
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Honorary members of the Saint Petersburg Academy of Sciences
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Attachment to Geikie's gravestone in memory of his daughters
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in the configuration of land surfaces, and particularly the
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Geological Map of England and Wales, with Descriptive Notes
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Knight Commander of the Most Honourable Order of the Bath
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Foreign associates of the National Academy of Sciences
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People educated at the Royal High School, Edinburgh
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The Geology of Central and Western Fife and Kinross
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British Geological Survey
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geological map
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