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also of biographies of David Forbes, Sir R. Murchison, and Sir A. Ramsay.--["Who's Who," "Ency. Brit."] _fa_, James Stewart GEIKIE (1811-1883), musician and musical critic; author of much psalmody, and of several well-known Scottish melodies, such as "My Heather Hills." _fa bro_, Walter GEIKIE (1795-1837). R.S.A., painter and draughtsman; author of "Etchings Illustrative of Scottish Character and Scenery."--["Dict. N. Biog."] _me bro_, William THOMS, master mariner; subsequently teacher of navigation in New York; author of an elaborate treatise on navigation. _bro_, James GEIKIE (b. 1839), LL.D., D.C.L., F.R.S.; Professor of Geology and Mineralogy since 1882, and Dean of the Faculty of Science Edinburgh; author of many works on geology, and of "Songs and Lyrics by Heinrich Heine."--["Who's Who," and "Ency. Brit."] _fa bro son_, Cunningham GEIKIE (b. 1824), LL.D., D.D., a clergyman; author of many religious works.--["Who's Who."] _fa bro son_, Walter Bayne GEIKIE, Professor of Anatomy, and Dean of Medical Faculty, Trinity Coll., Toronto. Lieutenant-Colonel Henry Haversham #GODWIN-AUSTEN# (b. 1834), F.R.S., geologist; Topographical Assistant to the Trigonometric Survey of India; surveyed the high country and glaciers of Kashmir and by Ladak, also between Darjeeling and Punakha; numerous scientific memoirs.--["Who's Who."] _fa fa fa_, Robert AUSTEN, archaeologist and coin collector; he was one of the few in his time who understood the value of local maps; a good surveyor of his own property and neighbourhood. _fa fa_, Sir Henry E. AUSTEN, interested in forestry, and planted largely on his estate; he also knew the value of maps, and had excellent ones of his property. _fa_, Robert Alfred C. GODWIN-AUSTEN (1808-1884), F.R.S., geologist, took additional surname of Godwin; wrote important papers on the geology of Devonshire, Southern England, and parts of France. --["Dict. N. Biog."] _me fa_, Major-General Sir Thomas H. GODWIN (1784-1853), K.C.B., served in Hanover and the Peninsula, Commander-in-Chief in second Burmese War.--["Dict. N. Biog."] _bro_, Harold GODWIN-AUSTEN, Assistant-Commissioner to the Andaman Islands for thirteen years; was selected by Ney Elias to accompany him on a mission to Yarkand and Kashmir; is now a Deputy Commissioner in S. India. _me_, Maria Elizabeth GODWIN-AUSTEN, was certainly above the average of women of her time; interested in natural
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