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Geddes 1854-1932
A biologist by training, who turned to sociology
Born near Perth in Scotland in 1854
Trained in London as a zoologist under T H Huxley and later at the Sorbonne, where introduced to Le Play’s sociology
1884 Co-founder of Edinburgh Social Union conservative surgery in the Old Town
1892 Outlook Tower refurbished in Edinburgh