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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.
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2 de jun. de 2008 · Geikie, Archibald, Sir, 1835-1924. Publication date 1883 Topics Physical geography Publisher New York, American Book Company Collection europeanlibraries
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. 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.
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 ...
