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But a city is more than a place in space, it is a drama in time.

Patrick Geddes

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Each social formation, through each of its material activities, exerts its influence upon the civic whole; and each of its ideas and ideals wins also its place and power.

Patrick Geddes

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Instead of isolating our school and our many subjects from the every day world, we intend to plant it not merely in the French capital, but in what for next summer at least will be the focal point, the capital of the entire civilized world.

Patrick Geddes

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Birth:	2nd October, 1854
Death:	17th April, 1932
Nationality:	Scottish
Profession:	Biologist, Philanthropist, Sociologist

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Patrick Geddes 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 of the Collège des Écossais an international teaching establishment in Montpellier, France.

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1945 - Thomas Hunt Morgan
1999 - Rose Bird
1952 - Karen Horney
1963 - Robert Hamer
1976 - Tommy Bolin

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