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Sir Patrick Geddes
Sir Patrick Geddes , 1854-1932, Scottish biologist and sociologist, distinguished especially in town planning. He received his biological training in T. H. Huxley's laboratory; from the beginning he was interested in relating biological knowledge to civic welfare. His conviction of the importance of... Read more |
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Norman Bel Geddes
Norman Bel Geddes , 1893-1958, American designer, b. Adrian, Mich. as Norman Melancton Geddes. He began his career in 1918 as scene designer for the Metropolitan Opera. He became known for imaginative designs both for the New York stage and for numerous industrial products. Geddes also designed... Read more |
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Kenneth Geddes Wilson
Kenneth Geddes Wilson 1936-, American physicist, b. Waltham, Mass., Ph.D. California Institute of Technology, 1961. A professor at Cornell Univ., Wilson was awarded the 1982 Nobel Prize in Physics for developing a theory of second-order phase transitions in matter that accounts for effects on... Read more |
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Lewis Mumford
Lewis Mumford 1895-1990, American social philosopher, b. Flushing, N.Y.; educ. City College of New York, Columbia, New York Univ., and the New School for Social Research. A critic of the dehumanizing tendencies of modern technological civilization, Mumford argues that humanity's only hope lies in a... Read more |
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townscape
townscape. Portion of the urban fabric that can be viewed at once. It was a term much used from the 1940s, analogous to in the Architectural Review, and by Thomas Wilfrid Sharp (1901–78) in his The Anatomy of the Village (1946), intended to encourage the enhancement of the urban... Read more |
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An Tur Gloine
An Túr Gloine (The Tower of Glass). Stained-glass workshop founded in Dublin in 1903 by Sarah Purser and the playwright Edward Martyn (1859–1923), an ardent nationalist in the arts who had written articles attacking cheap commercial furnishings in Irish churches. The workshop was in... Read more |
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eroticism
eroticism is a curious word — there even seems to be some confusion over whether it should be ‘eroticism’ or ‘erotism’. The earliest example given for the related term ‘eroticise’ — defined as to make erotic or to stimulate erotically —... Read more |
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Belle and Sebastian
BELLE AND SEBASTIAN Formed: 1996, Glasgow, Scotland Members: Isobell Campbell, vocals, tambourine, viola, cello, guitar; Richard Colburn, drums; Mick Cooke, trumpet; Stuart David, bass; Chris Geddes, keyboards; Sarah Martin, violin; Stuart Murdoch, singer. Genre: Rock Best-selling album... Read more |
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Alison Saar
Alison Saar 1956– Sculptress At a Glance… Selected works |
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McCarran Internal Security Act
MCCARRAN INTERNAL SECURITY ACT Legislation proposed by Senator patrick anthony mccarran and enacted by Congress in 1950 that subjected alleged members of designated Communist-action organizations to regulation by the federal government. The McCarran Internal Security Act, also known as the... Read more |
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