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Patrick Geddes

Born

in Ballater, Aberdeenshire, Scotland

October 02, 1854

Died

April 17, 1932

Genre

Science, City and Regional Planning, Sociology

Influences

Charles Darwin, Auguste Comte, John Stuart Blackie, Élisée Reclus, Fré ...more

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Patrick Geddes was a Scottish biologist, sociologist, and civic and cultural activist. He sought to apply the ideas of Charles Darwin to human communities, promoting the concept of social development through cultural evolution. Geddes was an important influence on the early planning movement, adopting an approach to urban renewal which he described as "conservative surgery" and arguing that plans should be informed by civic and regional survey. He coined the terms "conurbation" and "Scots Renascence".

In 1880, Geddes was appointed Assistant in Practical Botany at the University of Edinburgh and took up residence in the city's Old Town. He was appalled at the conditions he found there. After the construction of the New Town beyond the Nor Loc ...more

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Average rating: 3.76 · 51 ratings · 5 reviews · 104 distinct works

	Cities in Evolution: An Introduction to the Town Planning Movement and to the Study of Civics 3.86 avg rating — 14 ratings — published 1915 — 40 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Civics as Applied Sociology 3.78 avg rating — 9 ratings — published 1905 — 34 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Life and Work of Sir Jagadis C. Bose it was amazing 5.00 avg rating — 3 ratings — published 1920 — 47 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Patrick Geddes: Spokesman for Man and the Environment 2.50 avg rating — 2 ratings — published 1972	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Evolution it was amazing 5.00 avg rating — 1 rating — published 1911 — 46 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Two Essays by Patrick Geddes, Duncan Glen (Editor) really liked it 4.00 avg rating — 1 rating — published 1995	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Every Man His Own Art Critic: At the Manchester Exhibition, 1887 it was ok 2.00 avg rating — 2 ratings — published 1887 — 16 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Evergreen: A Northern Seasonal, Part II: Autumn really liked it 4.00 avg rating — 1 rating — published 1895 — 20 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Utopian Papers: Being Addresses to "The Utopians"; pp. 1-206 really liked it 4.00 avg rating — 1 rating	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Masque of Learning and its Many Meanings by Patrick Geddes, Stanley Cursiter (Illustrator) it was ok 2.00 avg rating — 1 rating — published 1912	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars

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“A city is more than a place in space, it is a drama in time”
― Patrick Geddes

tags: city, city-life, urban, urban-planning

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“This is a green world, with animals comparatively few and small, and dependent on the leaves. By leaves we live.”
― Patrick Geddes

tags: leaves, photosynthesis

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“To avoid the Scylla of paleotechnic peace and the Charybdis of War, the leaders of the coming polity will steer a bold course for Eutopia [sic]. They will aim at the development of every region, its folk, work and place, in terms of the genius loci, of every nation, according to the best of its tradition and spirit; but in such wise that each region, each nation, makes its unique contribution to the rich pattern of our ever-evolving Western civilisation.”
― Patrick Geddes, The Coming Polity: A Study in Reconstruction

tags: genius-loci, western-civilization

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