Archibald Geikie (1835-1924): A Pioneer Scottish Geologist, Teacher, and Writer

摘要

Archibald Geikie was born into a middle-class family in Edinburgh in 1835. He was the eldest child of James Stuart Geikie (1811-1883), a chemist and musician, and Isabella Laing Thom (1808-1895), daughter of a captain in the merchant marines. The family was to welcome seven other children during the following seventeen years. His father owned a perfume shop and was also a church musician and later a music critic for The Statesman. He took his son to concerts in Edinburgh, which gave Geikie a taste for music.