# Patrick Geddes — The Story of Utopias character guide

> Patrick Geddes in The Story of Utopias by Lewis Mumford.

**Role:** minor

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

**First appearance:** 0003-the-story-of-utopias

## Who they are

Scottish biologist and urban planner whose ideas are referenced in the book.

## In the story

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

Mumford acknowledges the profound influence of Professor Patrick Geddes on his general background of ideas, through books and correspondence.

### [I](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_story_of_utopias_se/chapters/i)

Mentioned as the town planner who inspired the author to write this book, linking ancient and modern utopian thought.

### [The Social Myth of the National State](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_story_of_utopias_se/chapters/x)

Referenced indirectly through the concepts of the Country House and Coketown, which are central to Geddes's analysis of urban and social evolution.

### [How the half-worlds go, and how eutopia may come; and what we need before we can build Jerusalem in any green and pleasant land.](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_story_of_utopias_se/chapters/xii)

Cited for his regional planning and sociological approach to building eutopia through civic renewal.

### [I](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_story_of_utopias_se/chapters/i)

Points out that Sir Thomas More was an inveterate punster, and Utopia is a mock-name for either Outopia (no-place) or Eutopia (the good place).

### [IV](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_story_of_utopias_se/chapters/iv)

Implicitly associated with the Outlook Tower in Edinburgh, described as the 'world's first sociological laboratory' and origin of the Regional Survey movement.

### [XII](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_story_of_utopias_se/chapters/xii)

Quoted for the idea that in the Kingdom of Eutopia there will be many mansions, emphasizing regional diversity.

### [Bibliography](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_story_of_utopias_se/chapters/bibliography)

Highlighted as the outstanding exponent of the Eutopian method, with references to his works.

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