# Patrick Geddes — Sticks and Stones character guide

> Patrick Geddes in Sticks and Stones by Lewis Mumford.

**Role:** minor

**Also known as:** Patrick Geddes, Professor Patrick Geddes

**First appearance:** 0033-i

## Who they are

Scottish biologist and urban planning theorist.

## In the story

### [Acknowledgments](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/sticks_and_stones_se/chapters/acknowledgments)

Acknowledged as an intellectual influence, along with Victor Branford.

### [I: The Medieval Tradition](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/sticks_and_stones_se/chapters/i-the-medieval-tradition)

Not directly mentioned, but the chapter's focus on organic growth and community planning resonates with Geddes' regional planning concepts.

### [IV: The Diaspora of the Pioneer](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/sticks_and_stones_se/chapters/iv-the-diaspora-of-the-pioneer)

Referenced alongside Branford and Professor Adshead for the concept of the 'great attack of the miner on the peasant.'

### [Architecture and Civilization](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/sticks_and_stones_se/chapters/viii-architecture-and-civilization)

Quoted for characterizing the transition from steam to electricity as one from the paleotechnic to the neotechnic order.

### [Industry and the Machine](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/sticks_and_stones_se/chapters/iv)

Cited for characterizing the transition from steam to electricity as a shift from the paleotechnic to the neotechnic order.

### [VI: Sociology](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/sticks_and_stones_se/chapters/vi-sociology)

Author of 'Cities in Evolution' and 'Principles of Sociology in Relation to Economics', foundational to the chapter's sociological approach.

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