Background
Born in Edinburgh, Scotland, Geikie was the second son of Reverend Archibald Geikie, a Presbyterian Congregationalist minister in Toronto and subsequently at Canaan, Connecticut.
Born in Edinburgh, Scotland, Geikie was the second son of Reverend Archibald Geikie, a Presbyterian Congregationalist minister in Toronto and subsequently at Canaan, Connecticut.
Geikie received his early education in Edinburgh, and afterwards studied divinity for four years at Queen"s College, Kingston, Ontario.
He was curate of Saint Peter"s, Dulwich (1876-1879), rector of Christ Church, Neuilly, Paris (1879-1881), vicar of Saint Mary"s, Barnstaple (1883-1885), and vicar of Street Martin at Palace, Norwich (1885-1890). In 1871 he was made honorary Doctor of Divinity of Queen"s College, Kingston, Ontario, and in 1891 honorary
Doctor of Laws of Edinburgh University.
In 1890 he retired, owing to ill health, to Bournemouth, where he died in 1906. He was buried at Barnstaple.
She survived him with two sons. Geikie enjoyed a wide reputation as a writer of popular books on biblical and religious subjects.
Charles Spurgeon described him as "one of the best religious writers of the age".
His chief writings dealt on orthodox lines with historical and practical rather than with theological themes. His most ambitious work was "Hours with the Bible, or, the Scriptures in the Light of Modern Discovery and Knowledge" (10 vols 1881-1884. New edit, largely re-written, 12 vols 1896-1897).
His "Life and Words of Christ" (2 vols 1877.
New edit 1 volume 1891) reached a circulation of nearly 100,000 copies, and Delitzsch placed the book in "the highest rank." He was deeply interested in the exploration of Palestine under the direction of Claude Reignier Conder, and several visits to the country supplied him with material for "The Holy Land and the Bible: A Book of Scripture Illustrations gathered in Palestine" (2 vols 1887. Abridged edit 1903).
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