Geijer, Erik Gustav, great Swedish historian, born in Vermland; held a post in the Record Office, Stockholm; was a poet as well as a historian, his principal work being “History of the Swedish People” (1783‒1847).
Definition taken from The Nuttall Encyclopædia, edited by the Reverend James Wood (1907)
Geiger, Abraham * Geikie, Sir Archibald