| Authorised form of name | Geikie; James Murdoch (1839 - 1915) |
| Dates | 1839 - 1915 |
| Nationality | British |
| Place of birth | Edinburgh, Scotland |
| Date of birth | 23 August 1839 |
| Place of death | Edinburgh |
| Date of death | 01/03/1915 |
| Research field | Geology |
| Activity | Education:
Edinburgh University
Career:
District Surveyor, Geological Survey of Scotland (from 1861); Professor of Geology, University of Edinburgh (from 1882)
Honours:
FRSE (PRSE - elected 1913); FGS
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| Membership category | Fellow |
| Date of election | 03/06/1875 |
| Relationships | Son of James Stuart Geikie; younger brother of Archibald Geikie (FRS 1865) |
| Sources | Sources:
Bulloch's Roll; DNB (MP); DSB
Obituaries:
Proc Roy Soc Series B 1919-1920 vol 91 pp xxxiii-xxxv signed by J H |
| Royal Society code | NA6443 |
Archives associated with this Fellow
| Reference number | Title | Date |
| EC/1875/22 | Geikie, James Murdoch: certificate of election to the Royal Society | |
| NLB/3/22 | Copy letter from Herbert Rix, to Dr James Murdoch Geikie, Fellow of the Royal Society | 18 February 1889 |
| NLB/18/748 | Copy letter from Theodore E James, to Messrs Harrison & Sons | 5 May 1899 |
| NLB/18/337 | Copy letter from Robert William Frederick Harrison, to Professor William Ramsay, Fellow of the Royal Society | 24 February 1899 |
| NLB/37/727 | Copy letter from Archibald Geikie to Dr Wilson | 6 May 1908 |
| NLB/38/368 | Copy letter from Archibald Geikie, to Dr [James Hartley] Ashworth, [Fellow of the Royal Society], The University of Edinburgh | 22 July 1908 |
| NLB/46/783 | Copy letter from Robert William Frederick Harrison, to Sir Archibald Geikie, President of the Royal Society | 4 November 1912 |
| RR/10/14 | Referee's report by James Murdoch Geikie, on a paper 'Note on the geological bearing of Mr. Davison’s paper' by Thomas George Bonney | 6 July 1887 |
| MC/16/43 | Letter from Henry Edward Armstrong, Horace T Brown, James Geikie, A H Green, A C L G Gunther, E Ray Lankester, E B Poulton, G J Romanes, to the Royal Society | [May 1893] |