Urquhart, Graham. “Patrick Geddes and the Edinburgh Social Union”. Patrick Geddes.
Patrick Geddes
Standard Name: Geddes, Patrick
Connections
| Connections Sort descending | Author name | Excerpt |
|---|---|---|
| Friends, Associates | Annie S. Swan | Their friends at this period of their lives included song-writer Alexander Anderson
, social reformers Patrick Geddes
and his wife
, and theologian Robert Flint
(who introduced them to Oliver Wendell Holmes
). They knew... |
| Intertextuality and Influence | Dorothy Richardson | In The Tunnel Miriam begins to interrogate past and current scientific discourses on women. She is a highly critical reader of Social Darwinism
, and of Patrick Geddes
and his research assistant J. Arthur Thomson |
Timeline
January 1885
Scientist and urban planner Sir Patrick Geddes
founded the Edinburgh Social Union
to undertake the cultural renewal and regeneration of Old Edinburgh using art, beauty and education.
1889
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