Archibald Geikie

Sir Archibald Geikie (1835–1924) was a Scottish geologist and one of the leading earth scientists of his age. Born in Edinburgh, he joined the Geological Survey as a young man, became the first professor of geology at the University of Edinburgh, and served as Director-General of the Geological Survey of Great Britain and Ireland from 1882 to 1901. He was later president of the Royal Society. His many books include The Scenery of Scotland, a widely used Text-Book of Geology, The Founders of Geology and The Ancient Volcanoes of Great Britain (1897), the fruit of decades of fieldwork. His brother James was also a distinguished geologist.