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Also known as Sir Patrick Geddes

British biologist, botanist and town planner (1854-1932)

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Born
1854-10-02
Died
1932-04-17
Works
79

Top works

  • Chelsea, a collegiate city
  • The evolution of sex
  • Sex
  • Problems of Sex
  • Life, Outlines of General Bioloy

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Quotes

  • Each of the various specialists remains too closely concentrated upon his single specialism, too little awake to those of the others. Each sees clearly and seizes firmly upon one petal of the six-lobed flower of life and tears it apart from the whole.

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Born
2 October 1854, Ballater , Aberdeenshire , Scotland
Died
17 April 1932 (1932-04-17) (aged 77), Scots College, Montpellier , France
Alma mater
Royal School of Mines
Known for
Urban planning and the term conurbation
Spouse
Anna Geddes
Children
Norah Geddes
Fields
Sociology, urban planning, biology
Institutions
Lecturer in Zoology, University of Edinburgh (1880–1888), Professor of Botany, University College, Dundee (1888–1919), Professor of Civics & Sociology, Bombay University , India (1920–1923)
Patrons
John Sinclair, 1st Baron Pentland

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Milne's Court (1690), Edinburgh. Under the influence of the pioneering conservationist, Patrick Geddes, these buildings were renovated in 1914, becoming a university hall of residence.

Sir Patrick Geddes FRSE (/ˈɡɛdiːz/; 2 October 1854 – 17 April 1932) was a Scottish biologist, sociologist, Comtean positivist, geographer, philanthropist and pioneering town planner. He is known for his innovative thinking in the fields of urban planning and sociology. His works contain one of the earliest examples of the 'think globally, act locally' concept in social science.

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