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Kevin A. Lynch

1918 - 1984

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Kevin Andrew Lynch (January 7, 1918 – April 25, 1984) was an American urban planner and author. He is known for his work on the perceptual form of urban environments and was an early proponent of mental mapping. His most influential books include The Image of the City (1960), a seminal work on the perceptual form of urban environments, and What Time is This Place? (1972), which theorizes how the physical environment captures and refigures temporal processes. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in 23 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 22 in 2024). Kevin A. Lynch is the 251st most popular architect (down from 248th in 2024), the 3,680th most popular biography from United States (down from 3,214th in 2019) and the 15th most popular American Architect.

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Among architects, Kevin A. Lynch ranks 251 out of 518. Before him are Max Fabiani, Gordon Bunshaft, Lambert Lombard, Archibald Leitch, Giacomo Quarenghi, and Giovanni Giocondo. After him are Glenn Murcutt, Hermann Muthesius, François de Cuvilliés, José Benito de Churriguera, Elissa Aalto, and Gio Ponti.

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Among people born in 1918, Kevin A. Lynch ranks 123. Before him are Alfréd Wetzler, Friedrich Josias, Prince of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha, Bebo Valdés, George Lincoln Rockwell, Alexander Shelepin, and Leila Mourad. After him are Ángel Labruna, Teresa Wright, Raimon Panikkar, Igor Ansoff, Marie Smith Jones, and David Ausubel. Among people deceased in 1984, Kevin A. Lynch ranks 98. Before him are Karl-August Fagerholm, Edith Massey, Roland Penrose, Peter Lawford, Cigerxwîn, and Adam Malik. After him are Jorge Guillén, Toni Turek, Paul Ben-Haim, Giuseppe Colombo, J. B. Priestley, and Manuel Fleitas Solich.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Kevin A. Lynch ranks 3,680 out of 20,380. Before him are Lars Peter Hansen (1952), Gilbert Stuart (1755), Albert Ghiorso (1915), Amelia Bloomer (1818), Edith Head (1897), and Neil Simon (1927). After him are George Segal (1934), Howard Zinn (1922), Martha Chase (1927), Howlin' Wolf (1910), Joseph Taylor Robinson (1872), and Evel Knievel (1938).

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Among ARCHITECTS In United States

Among architects born in United States, Kevin A. Lynch ranks 15. Before him are William Le Baron Jenney (1832), Charles Eames (1907), Nicholas Negroponte (1943), Adrian Smith (1944), Sixto Durán Ballén (1921), and Gordon Bunshaft (1909). After him are Cedric Gibbons (1893), Steven Holl (1947), Thom Mayne (1944), Michael Graves (1934), Frederick Law Olmsted (1822), and Charles Jencks (1939).

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