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9781108048392

A Long Life's Work

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    9781108048392

  • ISBN10:

    1108048390

  • Edition: Reprint
  • Format: Paperback
  • Copyright: 2012-04-26
  • Publisher: Cambridge Univ Pr

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Despite never graduating from university, Sir Archibald Geikie (1835-1924) forged an exceptionally successful scientific career. In 1855 he was appointed to the Scottish branch of the Geological Survey, and by 1882 was Director General of the Survey. In keeping with his Edinburgh beginnings, most of his career was spent studying igneous rocks. He was a prolific and gifted writer, producing textbooks, popular science books and biographical and historical works, including the influential Founders of Geology (1897), as well as numerous technical publications. The only geologist to hold the post of President of The Royal Society (1908-12), he also served as President of the Geological Society of London and the British Association, and received an array of honorary degrees and medals. This autobiography, published in the year of his death, provides a readable, personal account of the life of one of the great scientific figures of the nineteenth century.

Table of Contents

1835âÇô50. Boyhood and school-life
1850âÇô5. A wrong start. How things were righted
1855âÇô60. First years in the Geological Survey
1860âÇô7. Lecturing at the School of Mines. First journeys abroad. Directorate of Geological Survey of Scotland
1867âÇô71. Start of the Geological Survey of Scotland
1871âÇô82. Creation of a Chair of Geology in the University of Edinburgh
1882âÇô91. First years of the Director-Generalship of the Geological Survey
1892âÇô6. Miscellaneous duties of the Director-General
1897. The 'wanderjahr' of a geologist
1898âÇô1903. Last years in the Geological Survey
1903âÇô8. Secretaryship of the Royal Society
1908âÇô13. President of the Royal Society
Retirement in the country
Appendix
Index
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