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Archibald Geikie. Sir Archibald Geikie OM KCB FRS FRSE (28 December 1835 – 10 November 1924) was a Scottish geologist and writer. [1] [2] Early life. Geikie was born in Edinburgh in 1835, the eldest son of Isabella Thom and her husband James Stuart Geikie, a musician and music critic.
Sir Archibald Geikie (born Dec. 28, 1835, Edinburgh, Scot.—died Nov. 10, 1924, Haslemere, Surrey, Eng.) was a British geologist who became the foremost advocate of the fluvial theories of erosion. His prolific book writing made him very influential in his time.
7 cze 2019 · Sir Archibald Geikie (1835–1924) was one of the most distinguished and influential geologists of the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries. He was Director-General of the Geological Survey of Great Britain, President of the Geological Society of London, President of the British Association, Trustee of the British Museum and President ...
Sir Archibald Geikie 1835 -1924. Born and raised in Edinburgh, Geikie’s love of the countryside developed on family holidays in Scotland. But his interest in geology was sparked upon finding fossil fish in a limestone quarry at Burdiehouse, near Edinburgh.
21 maj 2018 · Inspired by the experiments carried out by Friedrich Pfaff, a German geologist and professor of mineralogy at the University of Erlangen, Germany, in the 1870s, Archibald Geikie became interested in the subject of rock weathering and came up with the idea of using gravestones as a means of monitoring weathering in stone used for building.
8 kwi 2019 · Sir Archibald Geikie KCB, OM, FRS (1835–1924) was one of the most eminent geologists of the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries. Geikie was instrumental in the development of the science of geology during this period and the eminence he attained was acknowledged by the bestowal of many prestigious honours.
Archibald Geikie (1835–1924): A Pioneer Scottish Geologist, Teacher, and Writer Rasoul Sorkhabi, University of Utah, Salt Lake City, Utah 84108, USA; rsorkhabi@egi.utah.edu EARLY LIFE AND EDUCATION Archibald Geikie was born into a middle-class family in Edinburgh in 1835. He was the eldest child of James Stuart Geikie (1811–1883),
