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

 Person

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Found in 71 Collections and/or Records:

Ordnance Survey of Scotland: Sheet 37, 1876

 Item
Identifier: Coll-99/11/4/5
Scope and Contents

Hand coloured and annotated Ordnance Survey map of part of Argyllshire, these additions likely made by James Geikie and denoting geological features.

Dates: 1876
Found in: University of Edinburgh Library Heritage Collections / Papers of Professor James Geikie / Maps / Geological Survey Maps of Scotland (2)

Orkney Islands, c1877

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Identifier: Coll-99/11/9/2
Scope and Contents

To an 1872 reprint of the map created from a survey of 1863, minor annotations have been added.

Dates: c1877
Found in: University of Edinburgh Library Heritage Collections / Papers of Professor James Geikie / Maps / Hydrographic Maps

Palaeontological Geology Lectures Papers, 1896-1897

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Identifier: Coll-99/1/3
Scope and Contents

Lectures given by James Geikie on palaeontological geology at the University of Edinburgh.

Dates: 1896-1897
Found in: University of Edinburgh Library Heritage Collections / Papers of Professor James Geikie / Lectures and Syllabus

Papers of Professor James Geikie

 Fonds
Identifier: Coll-99
Scope and Contents The papers of James Geikie consist of: original lecture notes reprints of scientific papers correspondence relating to the publication of scientific papers personal correspondence and photographs a copy of The Great Ice Age and its Relation to the Antiquity of Man, (1877), 2nd ed with hand-written...
Dates: 1872-1917
Found in: University of Edinburgh Library Heritage Collections

Papers of Sir Archibald Geikie

 Fonds
Identifier: Coll-74
Scope and Contents The papers Sir Archibald Geikie consist of: personal, organisational and scientific correspondence geological notebooks with field sketches and water-colours reprints of his work miscellaneous lecture notes student's lecture notes lecture notes and printed maps relating to a visit to Boston proofs for...
Dates: 1851-1921
Found in: University of Edinburgh Library Heritage Collections

Papers of Sir John Smith Flett

 Fonds
Identifier: Coll-100
Scope and Contents

Manuscript copy and typed copy of Flett's account of his student days at Edinburgh University, 1886-1894.

Dates: 1886-1894
Found in: University of Edinburgh Library Heritage Collections

Photographs, late 19th-early 20th century

 Series
Identifier: Coll-99/6
Scope and Contents
  1. Geikie family photographs
  2. portrait photographs of James Geikie
Dates: late 19th-early 20th century
Found in: University of Edinburgh Library Heritage Collections / Papers of Professor James Geikie

Presscuttings, 1915

 Series
Identifier: Coll-99/8
Scope and Contents
  1. presscuttings of obituaries
  2. associated notices
Dates: 1915
Found in: University of Edinburgh Library Heritage Collections / Papers of Professor James Geikie

Professional Correspondence, 1872-1917

 Series
Identifier: Coll-99/2
Scope and Contents

c200 letters, chronologically arranged, including those from J Peter Lesley, Sir Joseph Prestwich, Ferdinand Vandiveer Hayden, Grove Karl Gilbert, Sir Joseph Dalton Hooker and James Dwight Dana. Subjects covered include many aspects of geology and related matters.

Dates: 1872-1917
Found in: University of Edinburgh Library Heritage Collections / Papers of Professor James Geikie

Publications, 1872-1914

 Series
Identifier: Coll-99/3
Scope and Contents
  1. reprints of scholarly articles
  2. copy of published volume
Dates: 1872-1914
Found in: University of Edinburgh Library Heritage Collections / Papers of Professor James Geikie