David Page
1814–79
Scottish geologist and educationalist. Initially supported himself by lecturing and contributing to periodicals. Scientific editor at the W. & R. Chambers publishing house in Edinburgh, 1843. Author of accounts of Scottish stratigraphy and of several geological textbooks. President of the Geological Society of Edinburgh, 1863 and 1865. Professor of geology, Durham University College of Physical Science at Newcastle-upon-Tyne, 1871.
Sources
DNB
Sarjeant 1980–96.
Bibliography
DNB: Dictionary of national biography. Edited by Leslie Stephen and Sidney Lee. 63 vols. and 2 supplements (6 vols.). London: Smith, Elder & Co. 1885–1912. Dictionary of national biography 1912–90. Edited by H. W. C. Davis et al. 9 vols. London: Oxford University Press. 1927–96.
Sarjeant, William A. S. 1980–96. Geologists and the history of geology: an international bibliography. 10 vols. including supplements. London: Macmillan. Malabar, Fla.: Robert E. Krieger Publishing.
