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James Geikie, the Man and the Geologist

Marion I. (Marion Isabel) Newbigin and J. S. (John Smith) Flett

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1. Frontispiece 2. James Geikie 3. PREFACE 4. Part I.—LIFE AND LETTERS By MARION I. NEWBIGIN 5. Part II.—GEOLOGICAL WORK By J. S. FLETT 6. PART I LIFE AND LETTERS CHAPTER I Boyhood and Youth 1839–1861 7. CHAPTER II First Years on the Geological Survey 1862–1864 8. CHAPTER III “The Great Ice Age”: (1) Years of Preparation 1865–1871 9. CHAPTER IV “The Great Ice Age”: (2) Publication 1872–1874 10. CHAPTER V Marriage and Life at Perth 1875–1877 11. CHAPTER VI Last Years on the Survey 1878–1882 12. CHAPTER VII Edinburgh and the Professorship 1882–1888 13. CHAPTER VIII Final Edition of “The Great Ice Age” 1889–1903 14. CHAPTER IX Retirement from the Professorship and Last Days 1904–1915 15. PART II GEOLOGICAL WORK CHAPTER X The Glacial Problem before James Geikie 16. CHAPTER XI “The Great Ice Age” and “Prehistoric Europe”17. CHAPTER XII Educational and Administrative Work 18. CHAPTER XIII Interglacial Controversies 19. LIST OF PUBLICATIONS 20. INDEX 21. Printed by

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