Birthdate: October 2, 1854
Sun Sign: Libra
Birthplace: Ballater, Aberdeenshire, Scotland
Died: April 17, 1932
Patrick Geddes was a Scottish biologist, sociologist, geographer, and pioneering town planner renowned for his innovative ideas in urban planning and sociology. Influenced by Auguste Comte and Frederic LePlay, he introduced the concept of “region” to architecture and planning, and coined the term “conurbation”. Geddes advocated for “neotechnics” to combat excessive commercialization, embodying the ‘think globally, act locally’ ethos in social science. He founded the Collège des Écossais in France and established a center for urban studies at Château d’Assas in the 1920s.
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