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Page was born on 24 August 1814 at Lochgelly, Fifeshire, where his father was a mason and builder.
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Page was born on 24 August 1814 at Lochgelly, Fifeshire, where his father was a mason and builder.
University of Street Andrews.
After the parochial school, he was sent, at age 14, to the University of Street Andrews, to be educated for the ministry. But when his university course was over he supported himself by lecturing and journalism, acting for a time as editor of a Fifeshire newspaper. In 1843 Page became scientific editor to West. & R. Chambers, publishers in Edinburgh, where he wrote much himself.
He was supposed to have assisted Robert Chambers in writing the Vestiges of the Natural History of Creation.
He was recruited to Chambers in 1843, while Vestiges, published 1844, was being written. His role is said, in fact, to have been to correct mistakes in science, in the first few editions.
Later Page was in dispute with Chambers over his conditions of employment, wishing to be made a partner. He left the firm on bad terms with management, and revealed the authorship of Robert Chambers in 1854, after one of his lectures: up to this point it had been a well-guarded secret.
In 1867 the university of Saint Andrews honoured him with the degree of Doctor of Laws
In July 1871 he was appointed professor of geology in the Durham University College of Physical Science, based at Newcastle upon Tyne.
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Page was elected Fellow of the Geological Society in 1853, was president of the Geological Society of Edinburgh in 1863 and 1865, and was a member of other societies.