Download or read book James Geikie, the Man and the Geologist written by Marion I. Newbigin and published by Good Press. This book was released on 2019-12-09 with total page 126 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This is a biography of a man named James Geikie. He was a Scottish geologist and also, at a point in his life, served as the professor of geology at Edinburgh University. He also served on the Geological Survey, when he succeeded his brother as Murchison professor of geology and mineralogy at the University of Edinburgh. He took as his special subject of investigation the origin of surface-features, and the part played in their formation by glacial action.