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# Archibald Geikie

(1835–1924)   Geologist

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Archibald Geikie was a geologist.

## Quick Facts About Archibald Geikie

Born December 28, 1835

Died November 10, 1924

Profession Geologist

## About Archibald Geikie

British geologist (1835–1924)... \| Sir Archibald Geikie was a Scottish geologist and writer.

##  Quotes by Archibald Geikie

> [ Geology ... offers always some material for observation. ... \[When\] spring and summer come round, how easily may the hammer be buckled… ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/archibald-geikie/geology-offers-always-some-material-for-observation-when-spring-and/)

Archibald Geikie

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/2c3/archibald-geikie-73186_air_geology-offers-always-some-material-for_444312.png)

> [If all history is only an amplification of biography, the history of science may be most instructively read in the life and…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/archibald-geikie/if-all-history-is-only-an-amplification-of-biography-the-history-of/)

Archibald Geikie

[Amplification](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/amplification/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/c0c/archibald-geikie-73186_amplification_if-all-history-is-only-an-amplification_559183.png)

> [When autumn returns with its long anticipated holidays, and preparations are made for a scamper in some distant locality, hammer and notebook…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/archibald-geikie/when-autumn-returns-with-its-long-anticipated-holidays-and/)

Archibald Geikie

[Autumn](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/autumn/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/5a2/archibald-geikie-73186_autumn_when-autumn-returns-with-its-long-antici_1233410.png)

> [This boulder seemed like a curious volume, regularly paged, with a few extracts from older works. Bacon tells us that "some books…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/archibald-geikie/this-boulder-seemed-like-a-curious-volume-regularly-paged-with-a-few/)

Archibald Geikie

[Book](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/book/)

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