Patrick Geddes
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Patrick Geddes circa 1886
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| Born | 2 October 1854 Ballater, Aberdeenshire, Scotland |
| Died | 17 April 1932 (aged 77) Scots College, Montpellier, France |
| Citizenship | United Kingdom |
| Nationality | Scottish |
| Institutions | Lecturer in Zoology, Edinburgh University (1880–1888) Professor of Botany, University College, Dundee (1888–1919) Professor of Civics & Sociology, Bombay University, India (1920–1923) |
| Alma mater | Royal School of Mines |
| Known for | Conurbation |
| Influences | Thomas Henry Huxley |
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Fellow of the Royal Society of Edinburgh (1880)
Co-founder of the University of Bombay Co-founder of the Sociological Society Founder of the Edinburgh Social Union Founder of the Franco-Scottish Society Planned the Hebrew University at Jerusalem Founder of the Collège des Écossais in Montpellier (1924) |
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Sir Patrick Geddes FRSE (2 October 1854 – 17 April 1932) was a Scottish biologist, sociologist, geographer, philanthropist and pioneering town planner. He is known for his innovative thinking in the fields of urban planning and sociology.
He introduced the concept of "region" to architecture and planning and coined the term "conurbation".
An energetic Francophile, Geddes was the founder in 1924 of the Collège des Écossais (Scots College) an international teaching establishment in Montpellier, France and in the 1920s he bought the Château to set up a centre for urban studies.
The son of Janet Stevenson and soldier Alexander Geddes, Patrick Geddes was born in Ballater, Aberdeenshire, and educated at Perth Academy.
He studied at the Royal College of Mines in London under Thomas Henry Huxley between 1874 and 1877, never finishing any degree and he then spent the year 1877-1878 as a demonstrator in the Department of Physiology in University College London where he met Charles Darwin in Sanderson's Lab. He lectured in Zoology at Edinburgh University from 1880 to 1888.
He married Anna Morton (1857–1917), who was the daughter of a wealthy merchant, in 1886 when he was 32 years old. They had three children: Norah, Alasdair and Arthur. During a visit to India in 1917 Anna fell ill with typhoid fever and died, not knowing that their son Alasdair had been killed in action in France.
In 1895 Geddes published an edition of "The Evergreen" magazine, with articles on nature, biology and poetics. Artists Robert Burns and John Duncan provided illustrations for the magazine.
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