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Patrick Geddes

1854 - 1932

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Sir Patrick Geddes (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. Following the philosophies of Auguste Comte and Frederic LePlay, he introduced the concept of "region" to architecture and planning and coined the term "conurbation". Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Patrick Geddes is the 332nd most popular biologist (down from 314th in 2019), the 1,768th most popular biography from United Kingdom (down from 1,755th in 2019) and the 54th most popular British Biologist.

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Among BIOLOGISTS

Among biologists, Patrick Geddes ranks 332 out of 1,097. Before him are Christian Gottfried Daniel Nees von Esenbeck, Carol W. Greider, Johann Reinhold Forster, Heinrich Johann Nepomuk von Crantz, Hermann Burmeister, and Charles M. Rice. After him are Jérôme Lejeune, Edward Blyth, Friedrich Gustav Jakob Henle, Otto Friedrich Müller, Brian Kobilka, and Valerius Cordus.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1854, Patrick Geddes ranks 42. Before him are Jacek Malczewski, Charles Algernon Parsons, Alois Lexa von Aehrenthal, Charles Webster Leadbeater, John Philip Sousa, and Hermann Kövess von Kövessháza. After him are Grand Duchess Vera Konstantinovna of Russia, Zhang Xun, Konstantin Jireček, Takahashi Korekiyo, Aletta Jacobs, and Friedrich Alfred Krupp. Among people deceased in 1932, Patrick Geddes ranks 48. Before him are René-Louis Baire, Alexander Grin, José Félix Uriburu, Harriet Backer, John Philip Sousa, and Louis Anquetin. After him are Ovide Decroly, Pēteris Stučka, Paolo Boselli, Ignaz Seipel, Florenz Ziegfeld Jr., and Rudolf Bauer.

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In United Kingdom

Among people born in United Kingdom, Patrick Geddes ranks 1,768 out of 8,785. Before him are George Peacock (1791), John Bingham, 7th Earl of Lucan (1934), Allan Clarke (1946), Princess Augusta of Great Britain (1737), Nevil Maskelyne (1732), and Robert Chambers (1802). After him are Alexander Mackenzie (1764), John Graunt (1620), John Latham (1740), John Hunter (1728), Paul McGrath (1959), and Rosamund Pike (1979).

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Among BIOLOGISTS In United Kingdom

Among biologists born in United Kingdom, Patrick Geddes ranks 54. Before him are John Gould (1804), George Bentham (1800), Edward Turner Bennett (1797), George Arnott Walker-Arnott (1799), John Gurdon (1933), and Ian Wilmut (1944). After him are Edward Blyth (1810), George Robert Waterhouse (1810), Nehemiah Grew (1641), Richard Bowdler Sharpe (1847), David Douglas (1799), and John Maynard Smith (1920).

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