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John Geddie (journalist)

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In 1875, he married Isabella Cecilia Young (d. 1931) and they had four sons and three daughters. His interests were golf, cycling, and especially walking. He played a major role in the establishment of the
258:. As the latter work is 572 pages long and seems written by someone with an intimate knowledge of Russia, he may have travelled there though there is no record of this. 29: 273:, which has just come into so overwhelming an inheritance, is to free itself; even if it wished, from the fortune which the law has hung about its neck.'" 724: 367: 654: 749: 265:. According to Neil Macara Brown: "Geddie is credited with coining the term 'wee free' in reference to the remnant of the 270: 266: 754: 689: 427:, with eight illustrations by Philip B. Whelpley. (pp. 131. Sands & Co.: Edinburgh & London, 1913.) 363: 744: 734: 167:. His earliest books were about foreign parts but it is not known whether he actually visited these places. 624:
This list has been compiled from the British Library online catalogue and other online library catalogues.
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Public Golf Course and the Edinburgh Evening Dispatch Trophy there in 1888. He died in
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Neil Macara Brown, "'Honest John' Geddie", originally published in
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biography of John Geddie publicly available on the website:
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1886-1889 - Lead Writer with the Edinburgh Evening Dispatch
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He was the son of James Geddie, a 13: 311: 242:(father of missionary and writer, 234:. 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Photograph copied from the frontispiece of his book: Thomas the Rymour and his Rhymes.
Thomas the Rymour
Rhymes
Garmouth, Moray
Edinburgh
Non-fiction
biography
politics
geography
Edinburgh
Garmouth, Moray
River Spey
Speymouth
Moray
shipbuilder
Garmouth
Milne's Institution
Fochabers
Elgin
Edinburgh
Edinburgh University
Robert Louis Stevenson
conveyancing
Royal Geographical Society
John Bartholomew
John Francon Williams
Aeneas Francon Williams
Africa
Himalayas
Russian Empire

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