James Geikie
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James Geikie was a Scottish geologist known for his influential work on Pleistocene glaciation and the geological history of the Ice Age.
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| Label | Occurrences |
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| James Geikie canonical | 1 |
Statements (46)
| Predicate | Object |
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| instanceOf |
geologist
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human ⓘ |
| awardReceived | Lyell Medal NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| citizenship | British ⓘ |
| countryOfCitizenship |
Scotland
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United Kingdom ⓘ |
| dateOfBirth | 1839-08-23 ⓘ |
| dateOfDeath | 1915-03-01 ⓘ |
| educatedAt |
High School of Edinburgh
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University of Edinburgh ⓘ |
| employer |
Geological Survey of Scotland
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University of Edinburgh NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| familyName | Geikie NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| fieldOfWork |
Pleistocene geology
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Quaternary geology ⓘ geology ⓘ geomorphology ⓘ glacial geology ⓘ |
| genre | scientific literature ⓘ |
| givenName | James ⓘ |
| influenced | later Quaternary geologists ⓘ |
| influencedBy |
Archibald Geikie
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Charles Lyell NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| knownFor |
book "Earth Sculpture"
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book "Prehistoric Europe" NERFINISHED ⓘ book "Structural and Field Geology" NERFINISHED ⓘ book "The Great Ice Age and its Relation to the Antiquity of Man" NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| languageOfWorkOrName | English ⓘ |
| memberOf | Royal Society of Edinburgh NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| name | James Geikie NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| notableFor |
interpretation of multiple glaciations during the Pleistocene
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research on Pleistocene glaciation ⓘ studies of the Ice Age in Britain and Europe ⓘ |
| notableIdea | evidence for multiple glacial and interglacial periods in the Pleistocene ⓘ |
| occupation |
geologist
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university professor ⓘ |
| placeOfBirth |
Edinburgh
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Scotland ⓘ |
| placeOfDeath |
Edinburgh
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Scotland NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| positionHeld | Murchison Professor of Geology and Mineralogy at the University of Edinburgh NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| relative | Archibald Geikie NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| sexOrGender | male ⓘ |
| sibling | Archibald Geikie NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| workLocation |
Edinburgh
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Scotland NERFINISHED ⓘ |
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