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Sir Archibald Geikie OM KCB FRS FRSE (28 December 1835 – 10 November 1924) was a Scottish geologist and writer.
Archibald Geikie, OM, PRS (Edimburgo, 28 de dezembro de 1835 — Haslemere, Surrey, 10 de novembro de 1924) foi um geólogo escocês. Foi um dos principais teóricos sobre erosão fluvial. Irmão do também geólogo James Geikie (1839-1915). Foi presidente da Royal Society de 1908 a 1913.
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.
- The Editors of Encyclopaedia Britannica
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.
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. Figure 1. Archibald Geikie as a young geolo-gist in Edinburgh. (Photo courtesy of the British Geological Survey, probably taken in the mid-1860s.)
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, K.C.B., P.R.S., &c., Honorary Member, 1863; President, 1893-1896. Extract from: History of the Geological Society of Glasgow 1858-1908, with biographical notes of prominent members.
