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BIOLOGIST

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 the earliest examples of the 'think globally, act locally' concept in social science. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Patrick Geddes has received more than 456,500 page views. His biography is available in 25 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 23 in 2019). Patrick Geddes is the 314th most popular biologist (down from 249th in 2019), the 1,889th most popular biography from United Kingdom (down from 1,526th in 2019) and the 47th most popular British Biologist.

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  • 4.44

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Among BIOLOGISTS

Among biologists, Patrick Geddes ranks 314 out of 841. Before him are Lorenz Oken, Charles Plumier, Eric F. Wieschaus, Richard Henderson, George Robert Gray, and Martin Vahl. After him are Eugenius Warming, Johann Reinhold Forster, Eugene Odum, Albert Günther, Robert Fortune, and Anders Sparrman.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1854, Patrick Geddes ranks 52. Before him are Sergei Shchukin, Jacek Malczewski, Viktor Dankl von Krasnik, Sergei Korsakoff, Stefan Stambolov, and Victor Babeș. After him are Alois Lexa von Aehrenthal, Nikolai Alexandrovich Morozov, Prince Thomas, Duke of Genoa, Anna Bilińska, Isidor Gunsberg, and Charles Angrand. Among people deceased in 1932, Patrick Geddes ranks 55. Before him are Kenneth Grahame, Alajos Szokolyi, Hovannes Adamian, José Félix Uriburu, Jalil Mammadguluzadeh, and Farabundo Martí. After him are Pēteris Stučka, Begum Rokeya, Ignaz Seipel, Christian von Ehrenfels, Karl Blossfeldt, and Frederick Jackson Turner.

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In United Kingdom

Among people born in United Kingdom, Patrick Geddes ranks 1,889 out of 7,765. Before him are Mark Hollis (1955), Edward Grey, 1st Viscount Grey of Fallodon (1862), George Robert Gray (1808), Geri Halliwell (1972), Renée Vivien (1877), and James Blunt (1974). After him are John Flaxman (1755), Jenson Button (1980), Joseph Butler (1692), Sigfrid of Sweden (1000), Edward FitzGerald (1809), and Mary Ward (1585).

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Among BIOLOGISTS In United Kingdom

Among biologists born in United Kingdom, Patrick Geddes ranks 47. Before him are Marie Stopes (1880), John Hughlings Jackson (1835), John Gould (1804), Jack W. Szostak (1952), Richard Henderson (1945), and George Robert Gray (1808). After him are Robert Fortune (1812), Roderick Murchison (1792), Nehemiah Grew (1641), Ian Wilmut (1944), John Stevens Henslow (1796), and John Needham (1713).

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