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Geikie, James, 1839-1915 (professor of geology, University of Edinburgh)

 Person

Found in 69 Collections and/or Records:

Coloured map of south Fife, late 19th century

 Item
Identifier: Coll-99/11/7
Scope and Contents

Map of south Fife with added hand colouring denoting geological features.

Dates: late 19th century

Copy correspondence, 1876-1914

 Series
Identifier: Coll-99/5
Scope and Contents
  1. family letters
  2. professional correspondence
Dates: 1876-1914

Correspondence, late 19th-early 20th century

 Series
Identifier: Coll-99/4
Scope and Contents

Correspondence consists of:


  1. family letters
  2. photographs
  3. poems & songs
  4. postcards
  5. presscuttings
  6. professional correspondence
Dates: late 19th-early 20th century

Correspondence of Sir Archibald Geikie N-Z, late 19th century

 Series
Identifier: Coll-74/16
Scope and Contents

The Correspondence of Sir Archibald Geikie N-Z series consists of:


  1. letters alphabetically arranged by sender, including those from Sir Joseph Prestwich, Sir Andrew Crombie Ramsay and the Royal Society
  2. lectures by James Geikie
  3. postcards
  4. obituaries
Dates: late 19th century

Correspondence: Sir Arthur William Rücker to James Smith, 1863-1900

 Sub-Series
Identifier: Coll-74/12/19
Scope and Contents

The Correspondence: Sir Arthur William Rücker to James Smith sub-series consists of:


  1. 34 letters, alphabetically arranged (1863/1900)
Dates: 1863-1900

Decorative cards, late 19th century

 Series
Identifier: Coll-99/9
Scope and Contents
  1. presscuttings of obituaries
  2. associated notices
Dates: late 19th century

Durcherung von Grönland, 1888

 Item
Identifier: Coll-99/10/13
Scope and Contents

Copy of Durcherung von Grönland, ( 1888) , personally inscribed to James Geikie by Dr Fridtjof Nansen, with accompanying letters and enclosures.

Dates: 1888

Faculty of Science Draft Minute Book, 1894-1905

 Item
Identifier: GB 0237 EUA IN1/ACA/SCI/1/6
Scope and Contents

Includes letters and reports, covering subjects such as course summaries and appointments. Those present at meetings included Alexander Crum Brown, Sir Andrew Douglas Maclagan, James Cossar Ewart and James Geikie.

Dates: 1894-1905

Faculty of Science Minute Book, 1901-1905

 Item
Identifier: GB 0237 EUA IN1/ACA/SCI/1/8
Scope and Contents

Includes letters and reports, covering subjects such as course summaries and appointments. Those present at meetings included Alexander Crum Brown, James Gordon MacGregor, James Cossar Ewart and James Geikie.

Dates: 1901-1905

Faculty of Science Minute Book, 1905-1912

 Item
Identifier: GB 0237 EUA IN1/ACA/SCI/1/9
Scope and Contents

Includes letters and reports, covering subjects such as course summaries and appointments. Those present at meetings included Alexander Crum Brown, James Gordon MacGregor, James Cossar Ewart and James Geikie.

Dates: 1905-1912