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.