GEIKIE  ,-See also:

• WALTER, HUBERT (d. 1205)
• WALTER, JOHN (1738/9-1812)

WALTER (1795-1837), Scottish painter, was See also:

• BORN, IGNAZ, EDLER VON (1742–1791)

born at See also:

• EDINBURGH

Edinburgh on the 9th of See also:

• NOVEMBER (Lat. novem, nine)

November 1 795 . In his second See also:

• YEAR

year he was attacked by a See also:

• NERVOUS

nervous See also:

• FEVER (Lat. febris, connected with fervere, to burn)

fever by which he permanently lost the See also:

• FACULTY (through the French, from the Lat. facultas, ability to do anything, from facilis, easy, facere, to do; another form of the word in Lat. facilitas, facility, ease, keeps the original meaning)

faculty of See also:

• HEARING (formed from the verb " to hear," O. Eng. hyran, heron, &c., a common Teutonic verb; cf. Ger. Koren, Dutch hooren, &c.; the O. Tent. form is seen in Goth. hausjan; the initial h makes any connexion with " ear," Lat. audire, or Gr. &Kobew very doub

hearing, but through the careful See also:

• ATTENTION (from Lat. ad-tendo, await, expect; the condition of being " stretched " or " tense ")

attention of his See also:

• FATHER

father he was enabled to obtain a See also:

• GOOD, JOHN MASON (1764-1827)

good See also:

• EDUCATION

education . Before he had the See also:

• ADVANTAGE

advantage of the instruction of a See also:

• MASTER (Lat. magister, related to tnagis, more, as the corresponding minister is to minus, less; the English form is due partly to the O. Eng. maegister, and partly to O. Fr. maistre, mod. maitre; cf. Du. meester, Ger. Meister, Ital. maestro)

master he had attained considerable proficiency in sketching both figures and landscapes from nature, and in 1812 he was admitted into the See also:

• DRAWING

drawing See also:

• ACADEMY, GREEK
• ACADEMY, ROYAL

academy of the See also:

• BOARD (O. Eng. bord)

board of Scottish manufactures . He first exhibited in 1815, and was elected an See also:

• ASSOCIATE (Lat. associates, from ad, to, and sociare to join)

associate of the Royal Scottish Academy in 183x, and a See also:

• FELLOW

fellow in 1834 . He died on the 1st of See also:

• AUGUST (originally Sextilis)

August 1837, and was interred in the Greyfriars See also:

• CHURCHYARD
• CHURCHYARD, THOMAS (c. 152o-16o4)

churchyard, Edinburgh . Owing to his want of feeling for See also:

• COLOUR (Lat. color, connected with celare, to hide, the root meaning, therefore, being that of a covering)

colour, Geikie was not a successful painter in See also:

• OILS (adopted from the Fr. oile, mod. huile, Lat. oleum, olive oil)

oils, but he sketched in See also:

• INDIA
• INDIA, FRENCH

India See also:

• INK (from Late Lat. encaustum, Gr. gysavorov, the purple ink used by Greek and Roman emperors, from iyKaiew, to burn in)

ink with See also:

• GREAT

great truth and See also:

• HUMOUR (Latin humor)

humour the scenes and characters of Scottish See also:

• LOWER

lower-class See also:

• LIFE

life in his native See also:

• CITY (through Fr. cite, from Lat. civitas)

city . A See also:

• SERIES (a Latin word from serere, to join)

series of etchings which' exhibit very high excellence were published by him in 1829-1831, and a collection of eighty-one of these was republished posthumously in 1841, with a See also:

• BIOGRAPHICAL

biographical introduction by See also:

• SIR

Sir See also:

• THOMAS
• THOMAS (c. 1654-1720)
• THOMAS (d. 110o)
• THOMAS, ARTHUR GORING (1850-1892)
• THOMAS, CHARLES LOUIS AMBROISE (1811-1896)
• THOMAS, GEORGE (c. 1756-1802)
• THOMAS, GEORGE HENRY (1816-187o)
• THOMAS, ISAIAH (1749-1831)
• THOMAS, PIERRE (1634-1698)
• THOMAS, SIDNEY GILCHRIST (1850-1885)
• THOMAS, ST
• THOMAS, THEODORE (1835-1905)
• THOMAS, WILLIAM (d. 1554)

Thomas See also:

• DICK, ROBERT
• DICK, THOMAS (1774-1857)

Dick See also:

• LAUDER
• LAUDER, SIR THOMAS DICK
• LAUDER, WILLIAM (d. 1771)

Lauder, See also:

• BART, JEAN (1651-1702)

Bart .