GEDDES, SIR PATRICK

gĕdˈĭs, 1854–1932, Scottish biologist and sociologist, distinguished especially in town planning. He received his biological training in T. H. Huxley's laboratory; from the beginning he was interested in relating biological knowledge to civic welfare. His conviction of the importance of environment led to the organization of University Hall in Edinburgh as a center of student life and to his plan for the reconstruction of Edinburgh, with the eventual elimination of slums. He was selected by Zionist leaders to design the Hebrew Univ. building at Jerusalem and to plan the enlargement of the city. In biology, Geddes was an authority on the evolution of sex, collaborating with Sir J. Arthur Thomson in several works on the subject. Other books by Geddes include City Development (1904) and Cities in Evolution (1915). Geddes held professorships at Edinburgh, London, Aberdeen, St. Andrews, and Bombay and at his death was director of the Scots College, Montpellier, France. He was knighted in 1932.

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books on: Geddes Sir Patrick  - 169 results

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Patrick Geddes, Maker of the Future
Book by Philip Boardman; The University of North Carolina Press, 1944
Subjects: Geddes, Patrick--Sir--1854-1932
...128-34. McGegan, Edward. "Geddes as a Man of Action", Sociological...1932 , 355-57. -----. "Sir Patrick Geddes", Scottish Bookman Edinburgh...Mears. "The Life and Work of Sir Patrick Geddes", Journal of the Town...
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Marketing Modernisms: The Architecture and Influence of Charles Reilly
Book by Peter Richmond; Liverpool University Press, 2001
Subjects: Architecture--Great Britain--20th Century, Reilly, C. H--(Charles Herbert)--Sir--1874-1948--Criticism And Interpretation, Reilly, C. H--(Charles Herbert)--Sir--1874-1948--Influence
Dale, Sir Alfred, 128 Darwin, B...Effendowicz, M., 173 Elgar, Sir Edward, 56 Elton, Professor...Emberton, Joseph, 128 Emerson, Sir William, 20 Emley, Frank...Theatre, Manchester, 75 Geddes, Patrick, 95 , 102 , 104 Gee, Ernest...
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Urban Utopias in the Twentieth Century: Ebenezer Howard, Frank Lloyd Wright, and le Corbusier
Book by Ebenezer Howard, Frank Lloyd Wright, Le Corbusier; Basic Books, 1977
Subjects: Cities And Towns, City Planning, Howard, Ebenezer--Sir--1850-1928, Le Corbusier--1887-1965, Wright, Frank Lloyd--1867-1959
...to Nineteenth Century Planners." American Journal of Economics and Sociology 9, no. 1 Oct. 1949 : 35-44. Geddes, Patrick. City Development: A Study of Parks, Gardens and Culture Institutes . Birmingham, 1904. . Cities in Evolution...
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Rowand Anderson: The Premier Architect of Scotland
Book by Sam McKinstry; Edinburgh University Press, 1991
Subjects: Anderson, Robert Rowand--Sir--1834-1921, Architects--Scotland--Biography, Nationalism And Architecture--Scotland
...Renfrewshire, 187 Fowke, Captain Francis, 26 Fraser, Patrick Allan, 17 - 18 , 20 , 23 , 130 Functionalism, 14...Sophias Church, 108 -9, 109 Garner, Thomas, 23 Geddes, Professor Patrick, 139 , 170 George, Ernest, 160 Gerona Cathedral...
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Winston S. Churchill, 1874-1965: A Comprehensive Historiography and Annotated Bibliography
Book by Eugene L. Rasor; Greenwood Press, 2000
Subjects: Churchill, Winston--Sir--1874-1965--Archival Resources--Directories, Churchill, Winston--Sir--1874-1965--Bibliography, Churchill, Winston--Sir--1874-1965--Manuscripts--Union Lists, Great Britain--Politics And Government--20th Century--Archival Resources--Directories, Great Britain--Politics And Government--20th Century--Bibliography, Great Britain--Politics And Government--20th Century--Sources--Union Lists, Prime Ministers--Great Britain--Biography--Sources
Fridenson, Patrick, 87 , 937 Friedberg, Aaron L, 281 , 938-939 Friedman, Isaiah...87 , 987 Gaunson, A.B., 231 , 988 Geange, R.S., 293 , 989 Geddes, Eric, 73 , 224 Gelb, Norman, 92 , 990-991 Geraud, Andre, 88...
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journal articles on: Geddes Sir Patrick  - 29 results

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Volker M. Welter. Biopolis: Patrick Geddes and the City of Life
Journal article by Nicholas Adams; Utopian Studies, Vol. 14, 2003
Subjects: Biopolis: Patrick Geddes and the City of Life (Book)--Book reviews, Books--Book reviews
...Volker M. Welter. Biopolis: Patrick Geddes and the City of Life. by Nicholas...2002. xxi + 355 pp. $24.95. SIR PATRICK GEDDES is remembered today chiefly as...first son after Geddes: not "Patrick," of course, but "Geddes...
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The Evolution of Cities: Geddes, Abercrombie and the New Physicalism
Journal article by Michael Batty, Stephen Marshall; The Town Planning Review, Vol. 80, 2009
Subjects: Cities, Evolution
...University of Liverpool where Patrick Abercrombie established himself...Review exactly 100 years ago. Geddes was also a significant force...remember vividly when I spoke of Geddes to the late Sir Patrick Abercrombie ... his face lit...
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The Evolution of Cities: Geddes, Abercrombie and the New Physicalism
Journal article by Michael Batty, Stephen Marshall; The Town Planning Review, Vol. 80, 2009
Subjects: Architecture, Cities, Decision making, Design, Evolution
...University of Liverpool where Patrick Abercrombie established himself...Review exactly 100 years ago. Geddes was also a significant force...remember vividly when I spoke of Geddes to the late Sir Patrick Abercrombie ... his face lit...
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'Saint Patrick': Sir Patrick Abercrombie's Australian Tour 1948
Journal article by Marco Amati, Robert Freestone; The Town Planning Review, Vol. 80, 2009
Subjects: Appointments & personnel changes, Colleges & universities, Councils
...allowed to ask one question of Sir Patrick. My question was straightforward...extraordinarily demanding lecture tour, Sir Patrick seized a few days relaxation with...of all the expenses incurred. Sir Patrick Abercrombie was a welcome visitor...
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'Saint Patrick': Sir Patrick Abercrombie's Australian Tour 1948
Journal article by Marco Amati, Robert Freestone; The Town Planning Review, Vol. 80, 2009
...allowed to ask one question of Sir Patrick. My question was straightforward...extraordinarily demanding lecture tour, Sir Patrick seized a few days relaxation with...of all the expenses incurred. Sir Patrick Abercrombie was a welcome visitor...
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On the Ground: As That Godfather of Urban Planning Sir Patrick Geddes Once Observed, "A City Is More Than a Place in Space; It Is a Drama in Time." to Take Stock of the Continuing Narratives of Art in Urban Locales around the World, Artforum Asked Eight Artists, Curators, and Writers to Tell the Stories They Saw Unfold over the Course of the Past Twelve Months
Magazine article by Debra Singer, Michael Ned Holte, Catherine Wood, T.J. Demos, Ryan Gander, Jennifer Allen, Tomasz Fudala, Mathieu Borysevicz; Artforum International, Vol. 46, December 2007
Subjects: Art--Social aspects, Art--United States, Artists as authors--Beliefs, opinions and attitudes, Artists--Beliefs, opinions and attitudes, Authors as artists--Beliefs, opinions and attitudes, Authors--Beliefs, opinions and attitudes, Cities and towns in art--Social aspects, Cities and towns in art--United States, Cities and towns--Social aspects, City planning--Social aspects, Curators--Beliefs, opinions and attitudes, Urban planning--Social aspects, Writers--Beliefs, opinions and attitudes
On the Ground: As That Godfather of Urban Planning Sir Patrick Geddes Once Observed, "A City Is More Than a Place in Space...China Art Objects; gallery directors Heather Harmon (Patrick Painter) and Kristina Kite (of the impressive new...
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Patrick Thursfield: The Last Tangerine
Magazine article by Allan Ramsay; Contemporary Review, Vol. 284, April 2004
Subjects: Thursfield, Patrick--Appreciation, Thursfield, Patrick--Biography
...with the Royal Navy. Patrick Thursfields grandfather...introduced under the Geddes Axe in the 1920s. By...and disillusionment. Patrick Thursfields elder brother...strangely inviolate. Patrick Thursfield, though at...the last Tangerine. Sir Allan Ramsay was British...
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The Father of European Federalism
Magazine article by Christopher Harvie; History Today, Vol. 47, July 1997
Subjects: Authors, Scottish--Biography, European federation--History, Lorimer, James--Biography
...France, its architect was Sir Robert Lorimer (1864...utilitarianism of such Victorians as Sir William Holdsworth or Professor...Ireland. The England of Sir John Seeley and Sir Charles...polymathic regionalist Sir Patrick Geddes (1854-1932), who erupted...
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Ballads of a Nation
Magazine article by Christopher Harvie; History Today, Vol. 49, September 1999
Subjects: Scotland--Politics and government, Scottish National Party--Political activity, United Kingdom--Politics and government
...overseas. By the 1900s the sociologist Patrick Geddes was proclaiming a Scottish Renaissance...Scots -- Haig, Bonar Law, the Geddes brothers -- in key positions slaughtered...radical, as Tyrone Guthries revival of Sir David Lindsays political morality...
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On Summer Schools
Magazine article by Taylor Robert; New Statesman, Vol. 137, July 7, 2008
Subjects: Academic camps--History, School camps--History, Summer schools--History
...schools in these islands is, beyond question, Professor Patrick Geddes. His school, on Castle Hill, Edinburgh, was the first...Science and Religion in Social Reconstruction, and with Sir Sydney Olivier the momentous interaction of White Capital...


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newspaper articles on: Geddes Sir Patrick  - 13 results

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Open Season; THE BEST GUIDE TO HOLIDAYS IN SCOTLAND... IN ASSOCIATION WITH VISITSCOTLAND Chance to Visit Iconic Buildings
Newspaper article; Daily Record (Glasgow, Scotland), August 27, 2011
...opens on Saturday, September 24. The A-listed 16th-century merchants house is associated with King James VI and Sir Patrick Geddes, the pioneering 19th-century biologist, sociologist, philanthropist and town planner. There are many surviving...
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Bordering on a Bargain; Scottish Property
Newspaper article; The Daily Mail (London, England), October 25, 1996
...Bellhouse at Gowanbank was originally built in 1862 by Sir James Gowans, one of Europes most original master builders...to by his son, grandson and the renowned town planner Patrick Geddes. This apartment, which occupies the north-west corner...
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Arts Focus: Positive Tones for Worthy Images; All Arts and Parts an Arts Diary
Newspaper article by Ian Hill; The News Letter (Belfast, Northern Ireland), June 28, 1999
...Ulster. Viridians MD, Dr Patrick Haren, stuck it out...Joy McCracken; painter Sir John Lavery of Moira...glass artist Wilhelmina Geddes of Marlborough Park; that excellent artist Sir Ponsonby Staples of Cookstown; Sir James Murray who rose...
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National Constituencies General Election
Newspaper article; The Evening Standard (London, England), May 7, 2010
...5.10%) ABERDEENSHIRE WEST KINCARDINE Sir Robert Smith (LD) 17,362 Alex Johnstone...ANTRIM SOUTH William McCrea (DUP) 11,536 Sir Reg Empey (UCUNF) 10,353 Mitchel McLaughlin...133 BERWICK-UPON-TWEED LD GAIN FROM C Sir Alan Beith (LD) 16,806 Anne-Marie...
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National Constituencies General Election; No Change Unless Stated
Newspaper article; The Evening Standard (London, England), May 7, 2010
...5.10%) ABERDEENSHIRE WEST KINCARDINE Sir Robert Smith (LD) 17,362 Alex Johnstone...ANTRIM SOUTH William McCrea (DUP) 11,536 Sir Reg Empey (UCUNF) 10,353 Mitchel McLaughlin...088; Turnout: 46,712 FIFE NORTH EAST Sir Menzies Campbell (LD) 17,763 Miles Briggs...
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encyclopedia articles on: Geddes Sir Patrick  - 2 results

 
 
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Geddes, Sir Patrick
Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2009
GEDDES, SIR PATRICK ged is, 1854 1932, Scottish biologist...enlargement of the city. In biology, Geddes was an authority on the evolution of...works on the subject. Other books by Geddes include City Development (1904) and...
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City Planning
Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2009
...streets. After the fire of 1666 in London, Sir Christopher Wren devised a superb plan for a...slum elimination; its greatest exponent was Sir Patrick Geddes . At the turn of the century Sir Ebenezer Howard was the founder of the modern...


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