James Stuart Geikie was a Scottish wig-maker and perfumer remembered as an amateur musician and composer, and as father of two eminent geologists, James and Archibald Geikie.
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James Stuart Geikie was a Scottish wig-maker and perfumer remembered as an amateur musician and composer, and as father of two eminent geologists, James and Archibald Geikie. He composed the song "My heather hills", served as choirmaster at St Augustine Church in Edinburgh, and was music critic at The Scotsman for 28 years.
Category
Musicians
Type
Singer / Musician
Status
deceased
Dates
Lived 1815 to 1884 · aged 69
Written about in
2 languages
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