Sir Archibald Geikie

Sir Archibald Geikie (born Dec. 28, 1835, Edinburgh, Scot.—died Nov. 10, 1924, Haslemere, Surrey, Eng.) was a British geologist who became the foremost advocate of the fluvial theories of erosion. His prolific book writing made him very influential in his time. In 1855 Geikie was appointed to the Geological Survey of Great Britain, under Sir Roderick I. Murchison. Ten years later he was elected a fellow of the Royal Society, and, when a separate branch...