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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.
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This biography of Prof. James Geikie is based upon his own letters, papers, and diaries, and upon information supplied by many of those who were closely associated with him, both during his earlier days on the Geological Survey and the later in Edinburgh. Much of the material was sorted and arranged by Mrs Geikie before it was placed in my hands, and to her I am indebted for many notes, memoranda, and verbal statements which supplemented the documents supplied. Mrs Geikie had herself composed, for the use of the family, a brief account of her husband's early days, and on this manuscript the first chapter is largely based; without its aid the composition of that chapter would have been very difficult.
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