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People

Geiger (surname) Geiger is a German people, German, Hungarian or French people, French surname. In the German language ''Geiger'' means "violin player." People with this surname include: * Joseph Solomon Delmedigo, Joseph Solomon Gieger ben Medigo Mi-Candia (1591 � ...

* Geiger, standard author abbreviation of

Philipp Lorenz Geiger Philipp Lorenz Geiger (29 August 1785 in Freinsheim – 19 January 1836 in Heidelberg) was a German pharmacist and chemist known for his work with plant alkaloids. From the age of 14 he worked as an apprentice pharmacist in Adelsheim, follo ...

(1785–1836), German pharmacist and chemist

Places

Geiger, Alabama Geiger is a town in Sumter County, Alabama, United States. It incorporated in 1912. At the 2010 census the population was 170, up from 161 in 2000. Geography Geiger is located at (32.868543, -88.306061). According to the U.S. Census Bureau, t ...

, United States, a town * Geiger, South Sudan, a border town filled with refugees *

Geiger Key Geiger Key is an island in the lower Florida Keys about east of Key West. It is located to the south of, and bridged to, Big Coppitt Key via Boca Chica Road ( County Road 941) at about mile marker 11 on U.S. 1 (or the Overseas Highway). It has ...

, Florida, United States, an island in the Florida Keys *

Geiger (crater) Geiger is a Lunar craters, lunar impact crater on the Far side (Moon), far side of the Moon. It lies to the southwest of the much larger walled plain Keeler (lunar crater), Keeler, and slightly farther to the northeast of the huge walled plain Gag ...

, a lunar impact crater on the far side of the Moon *

Camp Geiger Camp Geiger is a United States Marine Corps base. Although not geographically connected, Camp Geiger is part of the Marine Corps Base Camp Lejeune complex, and is home to the United States Marine Corps School of Infantry East for all Marines rec ...

, a United States Marine Corps base *

Camp Geiger (Boy Scouts of America) Early history (1910-1950) According to William D. Murray, a charter member of the Executive Board of the Boy Scouts of America (BSA) when it incorporated on February 8, 1910, the first "Troop" to form in Missouri was formed by an Englishman in ...

, a Boy Scouts camp in Missouri, United States *

Geiger Field Spokane International Airport is a commercial airport in Spokane, Washington, United States, located approximately west-southwest of Downtown Spokane. It is the primary airport serving the Inland Northwest, which consists of 30 counties and ...

, a World War II training base near Spokane, Washington, United States

Businesses

Geiger (corporation) Geiger is an advertising specialties company with more than 500 employees and more than 550 sales representatives. It is the industry's largest family-owned and family-managed distributorship and is based in Lewiston, Maine. Initially named Geige ...

, a promotional products company *

Geiger Engineering Geiger Engineering GmbH is a German aircraft engine manufacturer based in Seigendorf, Hirschaid, Oberfranken. The company specializes in the design and manufacture of electric aircraft engines and related systems, including batteries, electri ...

, a German aircraft engine manufacturer *

Geiger Engineers Geiger Engineers is the doing business name of Geiger Lynch Emery Campbell Engineers, P.C., an American structural engineering consulting firm located northwest of New York City. Founded in 1988 by David H. Geiger, Paul A. Gossen, Kris P. Hamil ...

, an American structural engineering consulting firm *

Hotel Geiger The Hotel Geiger was a traditional hotel complex located in Bischofswiesen, Upper Bavaria, roughly 50 km (35 miles) south of Salzburg. It was opened by Hugo Geiger (1828–1874), a retired customs inspector, as a guest house in 1866 ...

, a traditional hotel complex located in Bischofswiesen, Upper Bavaria, Germany

Other uses

Geiger counter A Geiger counter (, ; also known as a Geiger–Müller counter or G-M counter) is an electronic instrument for detecting and measuring ionizing radiation with the use of a Geiger–Müller tube. It is widely used in applications such as radiat ...

, a device for detecting radiation *

Geiger tree ''Cordia sebestena'' is a shrubby tree in the borage family, Boraginaceae, native to the American tropics. It ranges from southern Florida in the United States and the Bahamas, southwards throughout Central America and the Greater Antilles. Comm ...

(''Cordia sebestena''), a species of flowering plant *''Geiger'', an Image Comics series by

Geoff Johns Geoffrey Johns (born January 25, 1973) is an American comic book writer, screenwriter, and film and television producer. Johns's work on the DC Comics characters Green Lantern, Aquaman, Flash (comics), Flash, and Superman has drawn critical accl ...

Geiger (Marvel Comics) ''Avengers: The Initiative'' is a comic book series from Marvel Comics. Written by Dan Slott and Christos Gage with artwork initially by Stefano Caselli, Steve Uy and Harvey Tolibao, the series handles the aftermath of Marvel's "Civil War" sto ...

, a minor, teenage, Marvel Comics superheroine * USNS ''Geiger'', a United States Navy transport ship

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