BAIN, ANDREW GEDDES (1797-1864), British geolo gist, was a native of Scotland. In 1820 he emigrated to Cape Colony, carried on for some years the business of a saddler at Graaf Reinet, and served in the Kafir War of 1833-34. He discovered the remains of many reptilia, including the Dicynodon, which was obtained from the Karroo beds near Fort Beaufort and described by Owen. Bain prepared in 1852 the first comprehensive geological map of South Africa, which was published by the Geological Society (London) in 1856.
Obituary by Dr. R. N. Rubidge in Geol. Mag. (Jan., P. 47; also Trans. Geol. Soc. S. Africa (June, 1896) vol. ii. part v. (with portrait) .