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(b Ballater, Perthshire, Oct 2, 1854; d Montpellier, France, April 17, 1931). Scottish scientist, urban planner, teacher and writer. He studied in London (1874–8) under the natural scientist Thomas Huxley and from 1878 at the University of Paris. In France he was introduced to the social theories of Frederic Le Play (1806–82) and Elisée Reclus (1830–1905), which shaped his future work decisively. After extensive travels in Europe and South America, Geddes returned to Edinburgh in 1880. From 1889 to 1919 he held the chair of Botany at Dundee University, while working mostly in Edinburgh. He quickly established a reputation as a radical and unconventional thinker. His basic concern was social change and the relationship between society and its environment, which for Geddes were inextricably linked. In his view, only the interaction of social processes and spatial form could bring about social change. Thus he developed the idea of ‘civics’, the study of social and environmental planning, and he initiated the Edinburgh summer meetings (...