Geddes

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  • Geddes was born

    Geddes was born

    In Ballater, Scotland
  • Period: to

    Royal College of Mines in London under Thomas Henry Huxley

  • Period: to

    Lectured in Zoology at Edinburgh University

  • "The Evolution of Sex" book

    "The Evolution of Sex" book

    Written with J. Arthur Thomson

  • "The Evergreen" magazine was published

    With articles on nature, biology and poetics

  • Designs for the Metropolitan Opera

  • Adapted his ideas to industrial design

    Gradually building an organization that employed 2,000 people. His designs ranged from skyscrapers, inkwells, yachts, radios, and interiors to refrigerators.
  • Geddes was knighted

    Geddes was knighted

  • Death at the Scots College in Montpellier

    Death at the Scots College in Montpellier

  • General Motors Futurama

    One of his best-remembered designs, exhibited at the New York World’s Fair