# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/james-geikie
# Generated: 2026-08-14T06:11:32.634Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/james-geikie"
name: "James Geikie"
slug: "james-geikie"
description: "James Murdoch Geikie PRSE FRS LLD was a Scottish geologist. He was professor of geology at the University of Edinburgh from 1882 to 1914."
tagline: "British geologist (1839–1915)"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/James_Murdoch_Geikie.jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
category:
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  slug: "writers"
profileType:
  name: "Writer / Author"
  slug: "writer"
birthDate: "1839-08-23"
deathDate: "1915-03-01"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
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  momentum:             0
  historical:           11.13729333333333
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     60
  profileCompleteness:  60
  trendDirection:       "FALLING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
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    title: "James Geikie"
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    title: "James Geikie"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Ջեյմս Գեյկի"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "James Geikie"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "James Geikie"
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    title: "James Geikie"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Wikidata"
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# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump