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WE learn with deep regret that Sir Archibald Geikie died on Monday, November 10, at the advanced age of eighty-eight years. The world of letters as well as that of science has thus lost a leader of the highest distinction, whose work has had a profound influence upon intellectual progress and the advancement of knowledge. A few months ago (NATURE, July 26) we published an appreciative survey of his activities in a review of his autobiography, and in our issue of January 5, 1893, his portrait appeared in the NATURE Series of Scientific Worthies, with a sketch of his career by Prof. A. de Lapparent. It is unnecessary to mention now his untiring activities in scientific fields or the many academic honours which came to him, but we are voicing the thought of the whole scientific world. when we say that his death leaves a blank in the lives of all who are stimulated by human achievement.
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[Obituaries]. Nature 114, 724 (1924). https://doi.org/10.1038/114724b0
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DOI: https://doi.org/10.1038/114724b0